# Boxford, Missouri

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**Boxford** is an extinct town in [DeKalb County](/source/DeKalb_County,_Missouri), in the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Missouri](/source/Missouri).[1]

The community was on the east bank of the [Third Fork Platte River](/source/Third_Fork_Platte_River) approximately three miles northwest of [Clarksdale](/source/Clarksdale,_Missouri) and about one-half mile from the DeKalb–[Andrew](/source/Andrew_County,_Missouri) 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]

## References

1. From the coordinates and the 1923 *Clarksdale, MO.* 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS (the name does not appear on the map)

1. ["Post Offices"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160306175959/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO). Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from [the original](http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO) on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

1. ["DeKalb County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)"](http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_dekalb.html). The State Historical Society of Missouri. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070351/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_dekalb.html) 24 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

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