Boxford, Missouri

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Boxford is an extinct town in DeKalb County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1]

The community was on the east bank of the Third Fork Platte River approximately three miles northwest of Clarksdale and about one-half mile from the DeKalb - Andrew county line. [2]

A post office was established in 1854, and remained in operation until 1902. [3] The community was supposed to be named Oxford; a postal error accounts for the error in spelling, which was never corrected. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boxford (historical)
  2. ↑ From the coordinates and the 1923 Clarksdale, MO. 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS (the name does not appear on the map)
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  4. ↑ "DeKalb County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 27, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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