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 298. The population density is 168.5 people per km². Oak Ridge is located at 37.5012°N, 89.7298°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 63755.

Oak Ridge rises from the rolling Missouri landscape, a place where the earth swells and dips like a slumbering giant. It lies 17.8 miles north-west of Cape Girardeau, MO (from Cape Girardeau, MO: bearing 319°T), and is situated 8.9 miles north-north-west of Jackson. The land here is a mosaic of cultivated fields and woodlands, the latter thick with the enduring strength of oak and hickory, their branches often draped with the silver-green of Spanish moss in the warmer months. Sunlight filters through the dense canopy, dappling the forest floor with shifting patterns, and in the evening, the air grows heavy with the scent of damp earth and the distant hum of insects. The terrain itself suggests a patient sculpting, a slow yielding to the forces of wind and water over millennia, creating a quiet, unassuming beauty that speaks of deep roots and a grounded existence. The history of Oak Ridge is etched into the very character of its people and the land they tend. This is a place where agriculture has long been the lifeblood, with generations of families working the fertile soil, coaxing bounty from the earth through a blend of tradition and hard-won knowledge. The local economy still leans heavily on the cultivation of crops and livestock, a steady pulse that beats beneath the surface of everyday life. While no grand monuments mark its past, the quiet persistence of the community itself is a testament to its resilience. The air here carries the faint, sweet scent of drying hay in the summer and the crisp bite of woodsmoke in the autumn, a sensory reminder of the enduring connection to the land that defines Oak Ridge.

About This Oak Ridge Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Oak Ridge, Missouri — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 37.501161, -89.72982. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Oak Ridge and Cape Girardeau County.

Detailed location data for Oak Ridge includes the ZIP code (63877), telephone area code (816), county seat of Cape Girardeau County (Jackson), and school district assignment (Oak Ridge R-VI School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Oak Ridge is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.