Box Springs was another of the many small railroad stops on the Eureka and Palisade and the Eureka-Nevada railroads. The small siding was formed in the summer of 1874 and did have a little more popularity than some other sidings. This was the stop for people heading for the Union and Diamond districts to the southeast.

A small camp grew up around the tracks and a fairly steady population of 25 lived here. After the mid -1880s, Union faded and so did Box Springs. By the 1890's, it was once again nothing more than a siding, and served in that capacity until the rails were torn up in 1938. Today nothing at all remains to mark the site.