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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  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 6 March 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  4. ^ "DeKalb County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived 24 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 27 September 2016.