Oak Ridge
Wikimedia disambiguation page
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
Gloucestershire
Oakridge, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England
Oakridge, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
Other
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
Oak Ridge, Michigan, an unincorporated community
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.
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