Editing Oak Ridge, Missouri (section)

== History ==
Andrew Ramsay and Alexander Giboney settled in the area around Ramsey Creek in 1795. The community of Oak Ridge was organized in 1852 by John M. Wilson, who purchased the land at $2.50 per acre and established a store and a bar. The town was named for the natural surroundings.<ref name="shs.umsystem.edu"/> Oak Ridge had a population of approximately 300 in 1888.<ref>A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Cape Girardeau County, Missouri Compiled by Arthur Paul Moser{{cite web |url=http://thelibrary.org/lochist/moser/girardpl.html |title=A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets of Missouri |access-date=September 18, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130916103412/http://thelibrary.org/lochist/moser/girardpl.html |archive-date=September 16, 2013 }}</ref> The town is home to a Methodist church and a Baptist church dating from the 1860s, and was once home to a Presbyterian church. The first high school in Southeast Missouri was established in Oak Ridge in 1874.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.semissourian.com/blogs/fromthemorgue/entry/64117/| title=10th Anniversary Edition: Oak Ridge |publisher=Southeast Missourian | date=November 17, 2015}}</ref>