Place:Oak Ridge, Guilford, North Carolina, United States

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Name
Oak Ridge
Type
Town
Coordinates
36.167°N 79.982°W
Located in
Guilford, North Carolina, United States

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Oak Ridge is a town in northwestern Guilford County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,988 at the 2000 census. The Oak Ridge Military Academy, a private, coed, college-preparatory military boarding school, was established here in 1852. It is the third-oldest military school in the nation still in operation, and it is the official military school of North Carolina, as designated by the state legislature. Until the late 1990's the Oak Ridge area was mostly rural farmland, with numerous tobacco and strawberry farms. However, since its incorporation as a town in 1998, Oak Ridge has undergone rapid suburbanization and population growth. Many of the area's farms have been sold to developers and turned into upper-class housing developments, and several shopping centers have been built around the military academy. American Idol (Season 5) Star Chris Daughtry recently took up residence in Oak Ridge.

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