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
- *NEW!* River Oaks Water Quality Report for 2024 (PDF document)
Duke Energy (Facebook page) – Electricity provider
GFL Environmental Services (Facebook page) – Trash/recycling removal service (formerly Waste Industries)
- Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center – What to do with old paints, household chemicals, batteries, and electronics.
- Styrofoam Recycling in Greensboro – What to do with Styrofoam packaging and food service containers.
Guilford County (Facebook page) – County services
Guilford County Sheriff’s Office (Facebook page)
- *Updated!* Community Crime Map for Oak Ridge, NC
*NEW!* Guilford County Board of Elections
- *NEW* 2024 Sample Voting Ballot for Oak Ridge, NC residents (PDF document)
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
- *NEW!* Northwest Observer Finder 2024 – A directory of need-to-know, fun-to-know, and good-to-know info about northwest Guilford County.
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:
- Oak Ridge Elementary (Facebook page)
- Northwest Middle School (Facebook page)
- Northwest Guilford High School (Facebook page)
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:
- WFMY TV-2 – Greensboro (CBS) (Facebook page)
- WUNC TV-4 – Greensboro (PBS) (Facebook page)
- WGHP TV-8 – High Point (Fox Broadcasting) (Facebook page)
- WXII TV-12 – Winston-Salem (NBC) (Facebook page)
- WXLV TV-45 – Piedmont Triad (ABC) (Facebook page)
Local Radio Stations:
- WFDD 88.5 FM – Classical music (NPR) (Facebook page)
- WKRR 92.3 FM – Classic Rock music (Facebook page)
- WPAW 93.1 FM – Contemporary Country music (Facebook page)
- WWLV 94.1 FM – K-Love Contemporary Christian music (Facebook page)
- WPTI 94.5 FM – News & Talk (Fox) (Facebook page)
- WQMG 97.1 FM – R&B Soul and Old School music (Facebook page)
- WSMW 98.7 FM – Adult Contemporary Classic Hits music (Facebook page)
- WMAG 99.5 FM – Adult Contemporary Soft Rock music (Facebook page)
- WJMH 102.1 FM – Hip-Hop and Rap music (Facebook page)
- WTQR 104.1 FM – Contemporary Country music (Facebook page)
- WCOG 105.3 FM – Classic 1960s/70s/80s Hits (Facebook page)
- WVBZ 105.7 FM – Mainstream Rock music (Facebook page)
- WEND 106.5 FM – Alternative Rock music (Facebook page)
- WKZL 107.5 FM – Current #1 Hits music (Facebook page)
Local Newspapers:
- Greensboro News & Record (Facebook page)
- High Point Enterprise (Facebook page)
- Winston-Salem Journal (Facebook page)
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.