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About Oak Grove
On Interstate 24, located on the border of Western Kentucky and Middle Tennessee, you’ll find Oak Grove, a city of about 8,000.
The city was founded in 1828 as a small farming community. It was named for a grove of oak trees that stood near the city’s first post office, which was located inside Postmaster Samuel Gordon’s store.
In 1884, the Buckberry Special, a combination freight-passenger train running from Clarksville, Tenn., to Princeton, Ky., turned Oak Grove into a railroad town.
In July 1941, the War Department named Oak Grove as a defense establishment. And the following year, the city gained its nearest neighbor, Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division.
The City of Oak Grove’s Articles of Incorporation were signed in 1974. The sixth-class city quickly rose to a fifth-class city two years later. It became a fourth-class city in 2001.
The city has grown with the needs of its civilian and military residents, and we’re proud to say Oak Grove is one of Kentucky’s fastest-growing cities.
What’s it like to live in one of the fastest-growing cities in Kentucky?
Affordable housing and easy access to excellent educational facilities, recreation, shopping and career opportunities are the key ingredients to their success.
Thanks to the recent population boom, there have been many new housing options added over the past five years. Oak Grove has tried to make sure people have the things that people want: a cozy feel, sidewalks and safe play areas.
Our children attend school in the Christian County school system www.christian.k12.ky.us.
Adults looking to pursue a college degree have access to Austin Peay State University [www.apsu.edu], Hopkinsville Community College [www.hopcc.kctcs.edu], Murray State University [www.murraystate.edu] and Western Kentucky University [www.wku.edu].
Due to our proximity to Fort Campbell www.campbell.army.mil, we have a high military population. However, we also have many government employees and military retirees living in Oak Grove.
Facts about the residents:
• Most are 25-34.
• Fifty-three percent are male.
• More than 70 percent are married, and most have children under 18.
• Seventy-seven percent are part of the labor force.
• More than 88 percent are high school graduates or higher.
• We are 61.7 percent white, 25.8 percent African American and 9.4 percent Hispanic.
• The median household income is $32,235.
The median price of a home is $90,000.