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Oak Ridge North is a small city along Interstate 45 in southern Montgomery County, 10 miles south of Conroe and about 35 miles north of Houston.

The city began in 1964 as a piney-woods subdivision built by the Arkansas-based Spring Pines Corporation on the old Charles Eisterwall Survey, just as Interstate 45 opened through the area.

Houston commuters were drawn to Oak Ridge North in the late 1960s and 1970s by its beautifully wooded lots, freeway access, and lower tax and insurance rates than Harris County.

Fearing annexation as Houston expanded toward the Montgomery County line, residents voted to incorporate on January 20, 1979, with about 2,445 people — making Oak Ridge North one of the youngest cities in Montgomery County.

By the late 1970s the young community already had four churches, but it has never had a post office of its own; residents use the Spring mailing ZIP code 77385.

Oak Ridge North's growth stalled during the 1980s energy recession, and its population has barely moved since — 2,991 in 2000, 3,049 in 2010, and 3,057 in the 2020 census.

The 2020 census counted 1,121 households in Oak Ridge North, about two-thirds of them married couples, all within a city of just 1.1 square miles.

Oak Ridge North is a notably older community, with a median age of about 47 in the 2020 census and nearly a quarter of residents aged 65 or older.

Children in Oak Ridge North attend Conroe Independent School District schools — Oak Ridge Elementary, Vogel Intermediate, Irons Junior High, and Oak Ridge High School — and the city is part of the Lone Star College System.