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Place Description
Oak Knob

on the Buncombe-Madison county line. Alt. approx. 4,400. Also appears on maps as Oakes Knob and as Oak Ridge.
Oak Level Township

SE Nash County.
Oak Lodge

community in E Guilford County.
Oak Park

community in S Buncombe County.
Oak Ridge

town in NW Guilford County. Alt. 885. Est. in 1852 and inc. in 1897. Named for its location on an oak-grown ridge. Oak Ridge Military Institute, oldest military preparatory school in North Carolina, founded there in 1853.
Oak Ridge Creek

rises in E Jackson County and flows SW into Piney Mountain Creek.
Oak Ridge Township

NW Guilford County.
Oak Spring

community in central Rutherford County on Catheys Creek. A post office was there, 1855-1907.
Oak Summit

community in N Forsyth County served by post office, 1891-1903. Formerly Flat Branch.
Oak Swamp

rises in E Robeson County and flows NE into Big Swamp.