Box, Cleveland County, Oklahoma

Ghost town in Oklahoma, United States

Box, Oklahoma

Ghost town

Box (bottom right corner) and surrounding communities (1928)[1]

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Coordinates: 34°58′17.27″N 97°9′0.09″W﻿ / ﻿34.9714639°N 97.1500250°W﻿ / 34.9714639; -97.1500250
Country| United States
State| Oklahoma
County| Cleveland
Elevation

| 1,050 ft (320 m)
Time zone| UTC-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.[2][3][4] Box was the largest of these communities and was located east and south of Lexington, Oklahoma Territory.[4][5] Not much remains there, besides the Box Cemetery.[6][7][8][9]

## History

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Around 1895, a man by the name of George Box established a cotton gin and saw mill in the area that became the town.[4][10] Box's post office was established on May 7, 1898.[4] On December 4, 1906, the post office was discontinued.[4]

## Name variations

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The Cleveland County Leader from 1899 contained a few old newspaper articles that identified the community as Boxville.[11] Due to the seldom usage of that name, the locality soon became known simply as Box.[11]

## References

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1. ^ "Cleveland County 1928". cleveland-county-oklahoma-clevelandcountok.hub.arcgis.com.
2. ^ "Box Populated Place Profile / Cleveland County, Oklahoma Data". oklahoma.hometownlocator.com. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
3. ^ "Box, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, 74878, USA". Find Latitude and Longitude. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
4. ^ a b c d e "Cleveland County, Oklahoma: The Community of Box, Oklahoma Territory". genealogytrails.com.
5. ^ "Oklahoma Outlines". Wichita Daily Eagle. December 30, 1903. p. 4. Retrieved October 7, 2023. "Near Lexington, Cleveland County, is a town named Box."
6. ^ "Box Cemetery (Cleveland County, OK)". roadsidethoughts.com. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
7. ^ "Box Cemetery, Cleveland Co. Oklahoma". okgenweb.net. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
8. ^ "Box Cemetery, Cleveland County, Oklahoma". www.okcemeteries.net. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
9. ^ "Box Cemetery - Cleveland County, Oklahoma". USGenWeb.
10. ^ Cox, Mae Davenport (2011). Box, O.T., The History of A Community and its People. LCCN 2013496390.
11. ^ a b "Box or Boxville? | Cleveland County Oklahoma Box Township". genealogytrails.com. Retrieved October 3, 2023.

## External links

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* Box Cemetery

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Municipalities and communities of Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States

County seat: Norman

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* Lexington
* Moore
* Noble
* Norman
* Oklahoma City‡
* Purcell‡

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* Etowah
* Slaughterville

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* Hall Park

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‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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