White Oak

White Oak is a census-designated place and unincorporated area in , United States. It had a population of 16,347 in 2020. White Oak was known for its Naval Ordnance Laboratory, which was closed in 1994.
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  • Type: Town with 21,000 residents
  • Description: unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, suburb of Washington, DC
  • Also known as: “White Oak, Maryland”, “White Oak, MD”, and “Whiteoak”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rachel Carson House and White Oak Library.

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The is a historic house in , an unincorporated area near . Built in 1956, this typical suburban ranch-style house was where writer Rachel Carson wrote her classic work Silent Spring in 1962.

Library
Photo: Lorax, CC BY 4.0.

Church
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Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church is a parish of the Roman in , , United States. It was established by the Archdiocese of Washington in 1960 and is dedicated to John the Baptist.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colesville-Burtonsville and Burnt Mills.

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, sometimes called East County, is a suburban area in the eastern part of , . Other neighborhoods within this region include White Oak, Hillandale, Cloverly, Fairland, Briggs Chaney, Spencerville, and Ashton.

Village
is a census designated place in , United States. Per the 2020 Census, the population was 3,592.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the northern section of in southeastern , in the U.S. state of . Its borders extend from U.S.

White Oak

Latitude
39.03983° or 39° 2′ 23″ north
Longitude
-76.99303° or 76° 59′ 35″ west
Population
21,000
Elevation
371 feet (113 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US W9T
Open location code
87F522Q4+WQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158325491
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4373449
Wiki­data ID
Q753641
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Volapük—“White Oak” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “White Oak”
  • Catalan: “White Oak”
  • Cebuano: “White Oak”
  • Chinese: “White Oak”
  • Chinese: “懷特奧克 (馬里蘭州)”
  • Chinese: “懷特奧克”
  • Dutch: “White Oak”
  • French: “White Oak”
  • German: “White Oak”
  • Gilaki: “وایت اؤک (مريلند)”
  • Gilaki: “وایت اؤک”
  • Irish: “White Oak”
  • Italian: “White Oak”
  • Kazakh: “Waýt Oak”
  • Kazakh: “Уайт Оак”
  • Kazakh: “ۋايت واك”
  • Kirghiz: “Уайт Оак”
  • Ladin: “White Oak”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “White Oak”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “White Oak”
  • Persian: “وایت اووک، مریلند”
  • Persian: “وایت اووک”
  • Polish: “White Oak”
  • Portuguese: “White Oak”
  • Russian: “Вайт Оук”
  • Serbian: “Вајт Оук”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “White Oak, Maryland”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “White Oak”
  • Slovenian: “White Oak”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وایت اواک، مریلند”
  • Spanish: “White Oak, Maryland”
  • Spanish: “White Oak”
  • Tatar: “Вайт-Оук (Мэриленд)”
  • Tatar: “Вайт-Оук”
  • Ukrainian: “Вайт-Оук”
  • Urdu: “وائٹ اوک، میری لینڈ”
  • Uzbek: “White Oak”
  • Uzbek: “Wҳите Оак”
  • Volapük: “White Oak”

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Localities in the Area

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