title: Oak Ridge
text: # Oak Ridge
  
  Oak Ridge or Oakridge may refer to numerous locations in English-speaking countries - the most well-known being Oak Ridge, Tennessee, due to its part in the Manhattan Project. These and other meanings include:
  
  ## Places
  
  ### Canada
  
  * Oakridge, Calgary, neighbourhood in Alberta
  * Oakridge, Toronto, a neighbourhood in Ontario
  * Oakridge, Vancouver, a neighbourhood in British Columbia
  * Oakridge Acres, a neighbourhood in London, Ontario
  
  ### United Kingdom
  
  * Oakridge, Gloucestershire, England
  * Oakridge, Hampshire, England
  
  ### United States
  
  **Communities**
  
  * Oak Ridge (California), in Santa Clara County
  * Oak Ridge, Florida, in Orange County
  * Oak Ridge, Louisiana, in Morehouse Parish
  * Oakridge, Minnesota, in Winona County
  * Oak Ridge, Missouri, in Cape Girardeau County
  * Oak Ridge, Pemiscot County, Missouri
  * Oak Ridge, New York, a hamlet south of the village of Charleston, New York
  * Oak Ridge, New Jersey, in Passaic and Morris Counties
  * Oak Ridge, North Carolina, a town in Guilford County
  * Oak Ridge, Stokes County, North Carolina
  * Oakridge, Oregon, in Lane County
  * Oak Ridge, Pennsylvania (disambiguation)
  * Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in Anderson and Roane counties
  * Oakridge, Montgomery County, Tennessee, in Montgomery County
  * Oak Ridge, Cooke County, Texas
  * Oak Ridge, Kaufman County, Texas
  * Oak Ridge North, Texas, in Montgomery County
  * Oak Ridge, Virginia (disambiguation)
  * Oak Ridge, West Virginia, in Fayette County
  * Oakridge, Wisconsin, in the town of Isabelle, Pierce County
  
  **Other places**
  
  * Oak Ridge (California), a ridge in Santa Clara County
  * Oakridge station, a light rail station in San Jose, California
  * Oak Ridge, Adams County, Pennsylvania, part of the Gettysburg Battlefield
  * Oak Ridge Historic District, a historic district in Oak Ridge, Tennessee
  * Oak Ridge (Danville, Virginia), a historic plantation estate in Pittsylvania County
  * Oakridge (Blackstone, Virginia), an historic home in Nottoway County
  
  ## Cemeteries
  
  * Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois, U.S.
  * Oakridge Cemetery, a cemetery located in Hillside, Illinois, U.S.
  
  ## Education
  
  * Oak Ridge Associated Universities, a consortium of American universities headquartered in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.
  * Oak Ridge High School (disambiguation)
  * Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, a Department of Energy institute, headquartered in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.
  * Oak Ridge Military Academy, a military college-preparatory school in North Carolina, U.S.
  * Oakridge School (disambiguation)
  * Oakridge Secondary School, a secondary school in London, Ontario, Canada
  
  ## Science
  
  * K-25, a former uranium enrichment facility of the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.
  * Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a science and technology national laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.
     * ORACLE (computer), an early computer built at the laboratory
  * Oak Ridge Observatory, an astronomical observatory at Harvard University
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * USS Oak Ridge (ARDM-1), a World War II U.S. naval vessel used as a floating dry dock
  * The Oak Ridge Boys, a U.S. country music band
  * Oak Ridge Waste, a waste management company located in the United States.
  