Editing Oak Grove, Kentucky (section)

==History==
The first post office in Oak Grove was established in 1828.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=KY&county=Christian&searchtext=&pagenum=4 | title=Christian County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=3 January 2015}}</ref> The community was named for oak trees near the original town site.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rennick|first=Robert M.|title=Kentucky Place Names|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=azPttlmsv24C&pg=PT384|date=28 August 2013|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=0-8131-4401-9|page=384}}</ref> The Clarksville Railroad was extended to Oak Grove in the 19th century.<ref>{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Lewis|title=History of Kentucky|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F5FQAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA125|year=1877|page=125}}</ref>

With construction of nearby [[Fort Campbell]] in the [[Second World War]], Oak Grove's population grew. The city was incorporated by the [[Kentucky Assembly|state legislature]] on September 24, 1974.<ref name=sos/>

=== 1994 New Life Massage Place murders ===
Candy Belt, 22, and Gloria Ross, 18, were both massage therapists who secretly worked as prostitutes at the New Life Massage Place run by Tammy Papler. On September 20, 1994, the bodies of the two women were found in a storeroom after they had been shot and stabbed. The employees of New Life had complained of police harassment, attempts at blackmail and extortion, as well as police expecting services from the prostitutes.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Braun|first=Stephen|date=1997-08-11|title=Big Secrets Erupt in a Small Town|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-aug-11-mn-21435-story.html|access-date=2021-12-29|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2013, three men (two of whom were police officers) were charged in the killings.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Conlon|first=Michael|last2= Martinez|first2=Kevin|date=2013-11-21|title=3 men, including 2 ex-cops, charged in 1994 slayings of Kentucky prostitutes|url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/11/21/justice/kentucky-prostitute-murders-cold-case/index.html|access-date=2021-12-29|website=CNN|language=en}}</ref> All 3 were acquitted in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Acquitted of murder, former officer files suit|url=https://www.kentuckynewera.com/ep/news/article_e71cdd80-92a4-11e7-b33e-37e40271aa58.html|access-date=2021-12-29|website=Kentucky New Era|language=en}}</ref>