Roxbury, a country postoffice in the extreme northeastern corner of McPherson county, is located on Gypsum creek, 20 miles northeast of McPherson, the county seat, and 10 miles from Gypsum, on the Missouri Pacific R. R. in Saline county, which is the nearest railroad station and shipping point. The nearest important town is Lindsborg, 12 miles west. According to the government census of 1910 the population of Roxbury was 100. The town was located as a trading point and postoffice about 1871. It was formerly known as Colfax City, but the name was changed to Roxbury by act of the legislature, March 4, 1875.
Page 610 from volume II of Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. ... / with a supplementary volume devoted to selected personal history and reminiscence. Standard Pub. Co. Chicago : 1912. 3 v. in 4. : front., ill., ports.; 28 cm. Vols. I-II edited by Frank W. Blackmar. Transcribed July 2002 by Carolyn Ward.
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