Welcome to Box Alder ...
Although we found mention of Box Alder during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Box Alder was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
We've added Box Alder to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Box Alder, please Contact Us.
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Box Alder might be (or was) located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: CST- Heure Normale du Centre (HNC), CDT- Heure Avancée du Centre (HAC).
Note: If you leave Box Alder and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).
Area Code for Box Alder: 807
Communities near Box Alder ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Box Alder.
- Fort Frances
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- International Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Littlefork
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ranier
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ranier is located in Koochiching County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ranier <2>
- Manitou Rapids 11
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Loman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Loman is located in Koochiching County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loman
- Aylsworth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Crozier
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crozier
- Burriss
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burriss
- Dermid
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dermid
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 Box Alder. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Box Alder.
We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Box Alder. See our Newspapers Page for Box Alder.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Box Alder ...
Looking for more information about Box Alder? 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 Box Alder, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Box Alder.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Box Alder and then turned east". While Box Alder could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Box Alder as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Box Alder could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |