Boxborough is bordered by Littleton to the north, Acton to the east, Stow to the south, and Harvard to the west.

It was probably visited by colonists as early as the mid seventeenth century, before the neighboring towns of Stow (1683) and Acton (1735) were founded.

[17] On April 19, 1775, 21 men from Boxborough met at the Boaz Brown house on Hill road before marching with the companies of Littleton and Acton to the Battles of Lexington and Concord.

Luther marched with Captain Isaac Davis's company of Acton to the Battle of Concord, serving as a fifer.

At the North Bridge, several minute-men companies engaged with the British troops in a conflict remembered as the shot heard round the world, eventually forcing the redcoats to retreat.

[17] Historian Lucie Hager documents Luther's witty interaction with a Concord woman who was tending his wound: Nurse: "A little more and you've been killed."

[19] On January 31, 1775, men of this area formed a "Sartain Society" which agreed to purchase the Harvard Old meeting-house to act as a town hall and a church.

[17] The people of Boxborough were denied registration to be an independent district three times before being accepted in 1782, then incorporated on February 25, 1783.

[17][20] Silas Wetherbee, born a generation later, fought for a Stow company during the Revolution, and gave the land on which the new meeting-house and church was built after the war.

[21] Joseph Stone, originally from Harvard, was deeply involved in the area, serving as justice of the peace and a deacon of the congregational church until his death.

[17] The Wood Family was also influential in the early politics of Littleton; Bennet's father, Jeremiah, served as collector, selectman, and eventually treasurer.

[17] Most of these influential Boxborians were buried in the Old North Cemetery, which has graves dating back to the eighteenth century.

Boxborough is also known for Steele Farm, a popular location for sledding and hikes, with dog-friendly conservation trails.

"[20] Boxborough has fourteen distinct state, non-profit, conservation or municipal tracts of lands with trails suitable for a number of non-motorized activities.

The Minutemen sponsor local activities and businesses, give out scholarships, and participate in historical reenactments.

[18] The legacy of the revolution has lived on through several groups similar to the Minutemen Company dating back to the end of the eighteenth century.

The goals of these groups seem purely honorary, though it is recorded that they met three times a year for annual military training through the nineteenth century.

[17] Boxborough is known for its annual Fifer's Day celebration, put on by the Minutemen, which commemorates Luther Blanchard.