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Welcome to Oak Ridge North ...

Oak Ridge North is located in Lake County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Oak Ridge North: Oak Rdg. North (or less commonly used: Oak Rdge. North or Oak Ridg. North)

Oak Ridge North is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Oak Ridge North lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Oak Ridge North: 847 & 224<3>

Communities Also Named Oak Ridge North ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Oak Ridge North - it's located in Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oak Ridge North.

Communities near Oak Ridge North ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Oak Ridge North.

  • Elgin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Waukegan
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Arlington Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Schaumburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Palatine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Skokie
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Des Plaines
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Prospect
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hoffman Estates
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Glenview
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Oak Ridge North. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oak Ridge North.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Oak Ridge North. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oak Ridge North.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak Ridge North. See our Newspapers Page for Oak Ridge North.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oak Ridge North ...

Looking for more information about Oak Ridge North? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Oak Ridge North, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Oak Ridge North.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Lake, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oak Ridge North - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 847 code has been Overlayed with the 224 area code. New phone numbers in the Oak Ridge North area will be assigned with one of these codes: 847 or 224. As a result, placing a call in the Oak Ridge North area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.