Welcome to Oak Ridge ...

So far, we found very little information about Oak Ridge. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Oak Ridge to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Oak Ridge - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Oak Ridge, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Oak Ridge , we believe that it would have been located within present day Lincoln County<2>.

When the people of Oak Ridge referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Oak Ridger<3>

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

Time Zone: The area where Oak Ridge was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Oak Ridge ...

While we believe that this Oak Ridge is located in Lincoln County, we know of another 5 Missouri communities named Oak Ridge. Those communities are located in the following counties: Barry, Cape Girardeau, Pemiscot, Saint Louis and Vernon County.

Beyond Missouri, there are 72 communities that are also named Oak Ridge - they are located in Alabama (4), Arizona, Arkansas, Florida (2), Georgia (4), Illinois (2), Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky (4), Louisiana (4), Maine, Maryland (3), Michigan, Mississippi (2), New Jersey (2), New York, North Carolina (4), Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (4), South Carolina (3), Tennessee, Texas (8), Virginia (6) and West Virginia (2).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Oak Ridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Oak Ridge refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Oak Ridge may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.