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We would like to provide the residents of  Oakridge  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Oakridge Home page. The Oakridge Home page provides as much information as possible on Oakridge. Knowing Oakridge’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Oakridge’s Home page, you will also find Oakridge’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Oakridge has a population of 3336. 51.5% of Oakridge’s inhabitants are Male, and 48.5 are female. 30.4% of Oakridge is married and 54% own their own home. The Average Home price is $122,860, and the average rent is $786. Household median income in Oakridge is $32,583, and the individual median income is $16,513. Oakridge’s Ethnic is the following: White(89.4%), Multiple(8.3%), Native(1.8%), Hispanic(0.5%), Other(0.5%).


Oakridge is a city in Lane County, Oregon, United States. The population was 3,205 as of the 2010 census. It is located east of Westfir on Oregon Route 58, about 40 miles (64 km) east of Eugene and 150 miles (240 km) southeast of Portland. Surrounded by the Willamette National Forest and the Cascade Range, Oakridge is popular with outdoor enthusiasts for its hiking, mountain biking, wildflowers, fly fishing, birding, watersports, and the nearby Willamette Pass Resort.The city was originally a community called "Hazeldell", and its post office was established on July 26, 1888.


When a station on the Southern Pacific Railroad opened in May 1912, it was named "Oak Ridge" by a railroad executive for the surrounding topography, and on July 19 of that year the name was changed to be spelled as a single word.The economy of Oakridge and nearby Westfir is centered on recreation. Since the lumber mills closed in the 1980s, the economy has been transitioning, with a new general store opening in 2010, a bakery in 2011, and a brewery and mercantile.


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