About White Oak
White Oak is a small unincorporated community in central Maryland.
Officially, White Oak is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 3.12 square miles.
📰 White Oak News Today
- FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen outside of FDA headquarters in White Oak, Maryland The Lufkin Daily News · Aug 18
- Honeywell Helps Deliver Resiliency and Cost Savings to Food and Drug Administration's White Oak Campus Department of Energy (.gov) · Aug 14
- $420M Approved To Help Launch Massive $2.8B Viva White Oak Development dailyvoice.com · Aug 7
- Maryland Forest Service Launches “Maryland 250” White Oak Contest Maryland.gov · Apr 30
- US FDA approves Lantheus' brain-imaging agent for Alzheimer's assessment Reuters · Aug 14
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes White Oak Unique
- One of 8 places in the US named White Oak — but the Maryland one has a character all its own.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Part of the fabric of Maryland — one of 536 recognized communities statewide.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 2 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in White Oak
📍 East Springbrook📍 Homestead Estates📍 Pine Hill📍 Quaint Acres📍 Rocky Brook Park📍 Springbrook📍 Springbrook Manor
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in White Oak
- Caribbean Eatery & Ice Cream — caribbean
- Curry Palace Indian Restaurant — indian
- Hunan Manor Chinese — chinese
- Pansa Llena Mexican Grill — mexican
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Martin Luther King Jr. Park · Water park
- Rachel Carson House · Attraction
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in White Oak
- Martin Luther King Jr. Recreational Park reviews ★
- Northwest Branch Stream Valley Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Paint Branch Stream Valley Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Stonehedge Local Park reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateMaryland
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area3.12 sq mi
Coordinates39.0442, -76.9873