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Welcome to Roxbury ...

Roxbury is located in Cheshire County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Roxbury, you might consider that their post office opened in 1829.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Roxbury has a population of 220 people<2> (see below for details).

Roxbury is 1,450 feet [442 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Roxbury lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Roxbury: 603

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Roxbury had an population of 220 people. This is a decrease of 3.93% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 7.17% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Roxbury had a population of 229 people. This makes Roxbury the county's 23rd most populous community.

The population of Roxbury represents 0.02% of the population of New Hampshire (which has 1,316,470 people), making it the state's 231st most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 229 people, the population of Roxbury decreased 3.38% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 237 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Roxbury.

Communities Also Named Roxbury ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named Roxbury - they are located in Connecticut (2), Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Maryland (2), Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York (2), Nova Scotia, Ohio, Pennsylvania (4), Prince Edward Island, Vermont, Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Roxbury.

Communities near Roxbury ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Roxbury.

  • Keene
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Keene is located in Cheshire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,699 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keene <4>
  • Swanzey
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Peterborough
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Rindge
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Hillsborough
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Hillsborough is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsborough
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,019 people
    • Hillsborough has also been known as:
    • Hillsboro
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillsborough <4>
  • Jaffrey
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Winchester
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Walpole
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Hinsdale
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Chesterfield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Roxbury. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Roxbury.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Roxbury. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Roxbury.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Roxbury. See our Newspapers Page for Roxbury.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Roxbury ...

Looking for more information about Roxbury? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Roxbury, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Roxbury.

Adding Roxbury to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Roxbury in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Roxbury was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Roxbury post office opened in 1829. The Roxbury post office closed in 1857.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Roxbury.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Hampshire's counties, including Cheshire, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Roxbury.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Roxbury - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/