About Our Community

Celebrating over 25 years as one of historic Oak Ridge, North Carolina’s original planned communities outside of Greensboro, River Oaks’ gracious single-family homes were first built in 1995 in a series of four phases along beautifully preserved tree-lined streets for which the neighborhood was named.

Today, 164 single family, predominantly brick residences built by more than half a dozen of the region’s best builders — including Lamb & Peeples, Otey Construction, J.R. Kellam, Chuck Tucker, Generation Builders, Top Hat Builders, DLC & Son, and Tim Frazier Builders — are home to welcoming neighbors from down the street, across the country and even, around the world.

Families with children, retirees, and everyone in between who calls River Oaks home enjoys living along lush, tree-lined streets removed from the hustle and bustle of the big city with the convenience of community services, shopping and more just around the corner.

Conveniently located to Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Kernersville, and High Point, River Oaks is one of the most centrally located neighborhoods in the area to call home. And, it’s just a stone’s throw from the historic Oak Ridge Military Academy and the Old Mill of Guilford, too.

Today, our River Oaks Homeowners Association is led by home owner volunteers, who help ensure the vitality, beauty and spirit of our neighborhood endures.

Local Resources

811 “Call Before You Dig”  (Facebook page) – Call Center for North Carolina  (Please also see our Covenants page before you begin any home exterior project!)

Aqua North Carolina  (Facebook page) – Community Wells with some individual wells

Duke Energy (Facebook page) – Electricity provider

GFL Environmental Services (Facebook page) – Trash/recycling removal service (formerly Waste Industries)

Guilford County (Facebook page) – County services

Guilford County Sheriff’s Office (Facebook page)

*NEW!* Guilford County Board of Elections

Guilford Emergency Alert, Notification, and Information System “G.E.A.N.I.” – Receive Alerts to provide you with information about evacuations, shelter-in-place incidents, severe weather response and recovery efforts, law enforcement events, and other urgent incidents that affect your safety.

Merchants of Oak Ridge (Facebook page) – Local Merchants Association

NC Wildlife Resources Commission – Advice on Hunting, Trapping, Fishing, Boating, Licensing, and Native Species, and what to do if you encounter one of them. (Facebook page)

Northwest Observer (Facebook page) – Local area newspaper

Old Mill of Guilford (Facebook page)

Oak Ridge Commons (Facebook page) – Local Shopping Center

Oak Ridge Fire Department  (Facebook page)   

Oak Ridge Military Academy (Facebook page)

Oak Ridge Swim Club (Facebook page) – Local swim club

Piedmont Natural Gas (Facebook page) – Natural Gas provider

Public Schools: 

Spectrum (Facebook page) – Cable TV/Internet provider

Town of Oak Ridge (Facebook page) – including City services and Town Park

Master List of Elected Officials (PDF document)

Local Media Outlets

Local TV Stations and Affiliates:

Local Radio Stations:

Local Newspapers:

Local Activities

Youth Sports: The Oak Ridge Youth Association (Facebook page) is offering sign-ups for a variety of sports!

Computer Science Education: GirlsWhoCode is a no-cost, drop in computer science club open to all ages offered most Saturday mornings at The Oak Ridge Room.