Oak Ridge Missouri Map

About Oak Ridge, Missouri

Oak Ridge is a locality in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 237. The population density is 154.8 people per km². Oak Ridge is located at 37.4987°N, 89.7299°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Oak Ridge is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 63877, 65625, 64744.

Oak Ridge emerges from the quiet intersection of Missouri’s agricultural plains and the rugged, timbered slopes that rise toward the Byrd Hills. It lies 8.9 miles north-northwest of Jackson, MO (from Jackson, MO: bearing 337°T), and is situated 17.8 miles northwest of Cape Girardeau. The landscape is defined by the persistent, winding path of Hughes Creek, which carves a modest furrow through the soil, offering a cool, shaded corridor for the local wildlife. Beyond these banks, the terrain shifts into a mosaic of open fields and dense patches of oak and hickory, where the light at dusk settles in heavy, golden layers against the bark of the trees. A few miles to the east, the stillness of Stallings Brothers Lake provides a mirror for the wide, unclouded skies, holding the silence of the countryside in its depths.

Oak Ridge retains the character of an early settlement built upon the sturdy labor of the land, where the economy remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest and the stewardship of the soil. The pulse of the place is measured by the slow turn of the seasons rather than the frantic pace of the modern world, reflecting a plain-spoken resilience that has persisted for generations. Those seeking the quietude of the natural world often turn toward the Maintz Wildlife Preserve, where the dense cover offers sanctuary to the native fauna of the region. Life in Oak Ridge moves with the steady, predictable rhythm of a clockwork mechanism, grounded by the heritage of families who have worked these same acres for as long as anyone can remember.

About This Oak Ridge Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Oak Ridge, Missouri. Coordinates: 37.498739, -89.729875. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Oak Ridge includes the ZIP code (63877, 65625, 64744), telephone area code (816), county seat of Cape Girardeau County (Jackson), and school district assignment (Oak Ridge R-VI School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.