White Oak Ridge
Ghost town · Casey County, Kentucky

White Oak Ridge is a ghost town in Casey County, Kentucky. It is one of 23 former communities in Casey County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 19th among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists White Oak Ridge as a historical populated place on the Clementsville topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 37.3376° N, 85.0277° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Clementsville |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1,045 ft |
| Nearest living town | Liberty, KY |
| Distance to it | 5.5 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 2568502 |
| Coordinates | 37.33758, -85.02768 |
What's there now
White Oak Ridge is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Liberty, KY (population 1,828), about 5.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,045 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Woodrum Ridgeghost town · Casey County · 1.3 mi
- Scotts Chapelghost town · Casey County · 1.9 mi
- Caney Forkghost town · Casey County · 2.3 mi
- Fosterghost town · Casey County · 3.6 mi
- Pine Groveghost town · Casey County · 4 mi
- Sulphur Runghost town · Casey County · 4.4 mi
- Martin Creekghost town · Casey County · 5.7 mi
- Snake Ridgeghost town · Casey County · 5.9 mi
- Wethingtonghost town · Adair County · 6.5 mi
- Boyleghost town · Casey County · 6.5 mi
- Whippoorwillghost town · Marion County · 6.9 mi
- Dogwoodghost town · Casey County · 7.8 mi
Questions
Where is White Oak Ridge?
White Oak Ridge is in Casey County, Kentucky, at 37.3376, -85.0277.
How many ghost towns are in Casey County?
Casey County, Kentucky has 23 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.