On Interstate 24 (I-24), located on the border of Western Kentucky and Middle Tennessee, you will 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, Tennessee to Princeton, Kentucky, turned Oak Grove into a railroad town.
In July of 1941, the U. S. War Department named Oak Grove as a defense establishement. 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.
We are proud to say Oak Grove is one of Kentucky's fastest-growing cities.
