Welcome to Oak Ridge ...Oak Ridge is located in Nelson County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Oak Ridge, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900. When the people of Oak Ridge refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Oak Ridger<2> A typical abbreviation for Oak Ridge: Oak Rdg. (or less commonly used: Oak Rdge. or Oak Ridg.) Oak Ridge is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Oak Ridge lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Oak Ridge: 434 Communities Also Named Oak Ridge ...While we believe that this Oak Ridge is located in Nelson County, we know of another 5 Virginia communities named Oak Ridge. Those communities are located in the following counties: Fairfax, Pittsylvania, Roanoke, Stafford and Suffolk City. Beyond Virginia, 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), Missouri (6), New Jersey (2), New York, North Carolina (4), Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (4), South Carolina (3), Tennessee, Texas (8) and West Virginia (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oak Ridge. Communities near Oak Ridge ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Oak Ridge.
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. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oak Ridge. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Oak Ridge. 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. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak Ridge. See our Newspapers Page for Oak Ridge. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oak Ridge ...Looking for more information about Oak Ridge? 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, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Oak Ridge. Adding Oak Ridge to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Oak Ridge in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Oak Ridge was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Oak Ridge. Footnotes ...
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