[9][10] The district is located on the Tikhvin Ridge, a hilly area connecting with the Vepsian Upland, which separates the basins of the Baltic and Caspian Seas.

The western portion of the district is mostly flat with the altitudes between 50 and 100 meters (160 and 330 ft) above sea level.

The western part of the district lies in the basin of the Syas River, a tributary of Lake Ladoga.

Both the Kolp and the Chagodoshcha originate in the district and are a part of the Volga River's basin.

[11] The area was populated by Balto-Finnic peoples, whose descendants, Vepsians, still live in the district.

After the fall of the republic, the region was, together will all of the Novgorod lands, annexed by the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

In 1796, the viceroyalty was abolished, and the territory, which was split between Tikhvinsky and Ustyuzhensky Uyezds, was transferred to Novgorod Governorate.

On August 1, 1927, the uyezds were abolished and the territory was split between Tikhvinsky, Yefimovsky, and Pikalyovsky Districts.

The current area of Boksitogorsky District was not occupied, but for several months it was immediately adjacent to the front line.

A road branches off in Dymi and runs through Boksitogorsk to the settlement of Nebolchi in Novgorod Oblast.

A considerable part of the Tikhvinskaya water system, one of the waterways constructed in the early 19th century to connect the basins of the Volga and Neva Rivers, lies in Boksitogorsky District.

Lake Yelgino is connected by the Tikhvin Canal, 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) with the upper course of the Volchina River.

[19] Five of the federal monuments are related to the events connected with the times of the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945.

The only museum in the district is located in the village of Astrachi and highlights the events of 1941, when the German Army tried to encircle Leningrad and was stopped in this area.