Boaz is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

Christian County Christian County is the name of several counties in the United States: * Christian County, Illinois * Christian County, Kentucky * Christian County, Missouri Christian County is located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. ...

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, United States. Boaz is part of the

Springfield, Missouri Springfield is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. The city's population was 169,176 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Springfield metropolitan area, which had an estimat ...

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. The community is located approximately seven miles southwest of Nixa and is about five miles east of

Clever Clever may refer to: People ;Given name * Clever Ikisikpo, Nigerian politician * Clever Lara (born 1952), Uruguayan artist ;Surname * Charles P. Clever (1830–1874), American politician * Edith Clever (born 1940), German actress * Todd Clever ...

. A post office called Boaz was established in 1893, and remained in operation until 1914. The community derives its name from

Boaz Boaz (; Hebrew: בֹּעַז ''Bōʿaz''; ) is a biblical figure appearing in the Book of Ruth in the Hebrew Bible and in the genealogies of Jesus in the New Testament and also the name of a pillar in the portico of the historic Temple in Jerusa ...

, a figure in the Hebrew Bible.

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