Although central Box Hill was established as a post town in 1861, Box Hill North was largely developed as a suburban area following the Second World War. The earliest permanent European presence in the area was Arundel Wrighte's pastoral lease, established in 1838. A Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was built of local stone in 1858 and is the oldest building in the area. Until the 1950s much of Box Hill North was covered with orchards. Kerrimuir Post Office opened on 1 April 1955 and Box Hill North Post Office opened on 1 August 1955 as the suburb developed.
Shopping
Box Hill North has many shopping areas at the following locations;
The corner of Station Street and Woodhouse Grove
The corner of Elgar Road and Woodhouse Grove
The corner of Middleborough Road and Springfield Road
Trawool Street, between Dorking Road and Tynong Street
Second Avenue, between Toogoods Rise and Cherry Orchard Rise
A better array of shops are just up the road by bus to Box Hill Central in the south, the Westfield owned Doncaster Shoppingtown in the north and North Blackburn Shopping Centre to the east. Box Hill North has a light industrial area in Lexton Street, at the Middleborough Road end of the street. It includes hot food snack bars open during weekday business hours to service the light industrial businesses and several shops and factory outlets.
The major north-south roads in Box Hill North are ; Elgar Road, Station Street, Dorking Road and Middleborough Road. Major east-west roads include ; Eastern Freeway, Woodhouse Grove, Wimmera Street/Springfield Road and Thames/Margaret Street. The closest train station is Box Hill, located underneath Box Hill Central in Box Hill. The station is located on both the Belgrave and Lilydale lines. The suburb has three tram routes within a five kilometre radius. The routes are;
There are many parks in the suburb, including Elgar Park, Bushy Creek Park, Memorial Park, Springfield Park, Tassell's Park, Frank Sedgman Reserve, Hagenauer Reserve, Halligan Park, Eram Park as well as many smaller, often unnamed, reserves. Of these, only Elgar Park and Springfield Park contain an Australian rules football oval. Most of these parks have walking and bicycle paths and children's playgrounds. As well as this, there is two multi purpose tracks run through the suburb. The Bushy Creek Trail runs from the intersection at Elgar Road and Belmore Road, near Elgar Park, to the intersection at Dorking Road and Wimmera Street, near Springfield Park. The Koonung Creek Trial also runs through the north of the suburb, connecting it with neighbouring suburbs, such as Mont Albert North, Blackburn North, Nunawading, and Balwyn North.
Religion
The residents of Box Hill North profess several religions, although the majority are either Christian or non-religious. There are five churches in the suburb;
Manningham Uniting Church - Woodhouse Grove
St Clare Catholic Church - corner of Woodhouse Grove and Killara Street