Boxholm was platted in 1900. The town takes its name from Boxholm, in Sweden, the native home of its first postmaster, John B. Anderson. Boxholm originally was built up chiefly by Swedes. The first town council was elected in August 1913, and the town was incorporated one month later. In 1963, the town celebrated its Golden Anniversary and the total attendance was estimated at over 1,200 people.
Boxholm. He was chosen cashier of the Farmers Bank, which position he hel4 until 1907, in which year he was appointed county treasurer of Boone county to fill a vacancy. At the end of his term he became a candidate and was elected to the office, faithfully discharging his duties until 191 1, when the agriculturists of Boxholm organized the Farmers State Bank with a capital of twenty-five thousand dollars, Mr. Henderson accepting the, position of cashier. He has ever since held the cashiership of this bank and has been able to extend its business and prestige to a remarkable degree. He holds stock in the institution and is
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after completing his lessons worked on his father's farm and then learned the blacksmith's trade, conducting a shop and hardware store. For ten years he conducted an establishment of this kind on the farm and for fifteen years acted as postmaster, this being before the town of Boxholm had come into existence. Subsequently he entered the hardware business exclusively, conducting a store of that kind for eight years, and then went to Boone, where for two years he was employed by the Wheelock Hardware Company. In 1910 Mr. Westeen returned to Boxholm, acquiring an interest in the Farmers Bank, which was then a private
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