Box, Cleveland County, Oklahoma

Box, Oklahoma
Ghost town
Box (bottom right corner) and surrounding communities (1928)
Box (bottom right corner) and surrounding communities (1928)[2]
Box is located in Oklahoma
Box
Box
Location within Oklahoma
Box is located in the United States
Box
Box
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 34°58′17.27″N 97°9′0.09″W / 34.9714639°N 97.1500250°W / 34.9714639; -97.1500250
CountryUnited States
StateOklahoma
CountyCleveland
Elevation
1,050 ft (320 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code
73051

Box was one of many communities that sprung up during the late 1800s in the southern portion of Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States.[3][4][5] Box was the largest of these communities and was located east and south of Lexington, Oklahoma Territory.[5][6] Not much remains there, besides the Box Cemetery.[7][8][9][10]

History

Around 1895, a man by the name of George Box established a cotton gin and saw mill in the area that became the town.[5][11] Box's post office was established on May 7, 1898.[5] In 1899, the town was being platted and surveyed for land owners to purchase lots in. The community was located on a resident’s farmland.[12] On December 4, 1906, the post office was discontinued.[5]

Name variations

The Cleveland County Leader from 1899 contained a few old newspaper articles that identified the community as Boxville.[13] Due to the seldom usage of that name, the locality soon became known simply as Box.[13]

References

  1. "Cleveland County 1928". cleveland-county-oklahoma-clevelandcountok.hub.arcgis.com.
  2. ↑ "Cleveland County 1928". cleveland-county-oklahoma-clevelandcountok.hub.arcgis.com.
  3. ↑ "Box Populated Place Profile / Cleveland County, Oklahoma Data". oklahoma.hometownlocator.com. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Box, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, 74878, USA". Find Latitude and Longitude. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Cleveland County, Oklahoma: The Community of Box, Oklahoma Territory". genealogytrails.com.
  6. ↑ "Oklahoma Outlines". Wichita Daily Eagle. December 30, 1903. p. 4. Retrieved October 7, 2023. Near Lexington, Cleveland County, is a town named Box.
  7. ↑ "Box Cemetery (Cleveland County, OK)". roadsidethoughts.com. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Box Cemetery, Cleveland Co. Oklahoma". okgenweb.net. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Box Cemetery, Cleveland County, Oklahoma". www.okcemeteries.net. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Box Cemetery - Cleveland County, Oklahoma". USGenWeb.
  11. ↑ Cox, Mae Davenport (2011). Box, O.T., The History of A Community and its People. LCCN 2013496390.
  12. ↑ "Cleveland County Leader (Lexington, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 8, No. 29, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 15, 1899, Page 1". okhistory.org.
  13. 1 2 "Box or Boxville? | Cleveland County Oklahoma Box Township". genealogytrails.com. Retrieved October 3, 2023.


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