Oak Grove is a hilly town occupying both sides of Landers Hill and Merkle Mountain.

Oak Grove gained national recognition in 1954 when it became the first reported site in the history of the world of a meteor striking a human.

Mrs. Ann E. Hodges was on her sofa in her Oak Grove home when something crashed through her roof, striking her on the hip.

The incident gained national news coverage, including an appearance by Mrs. Hodges on Garry Moore's TV show, I've Got a Secret.

[9] Oak Grove has a "Gravity Hill" where cars appear to coast uphill, but is actually an optical illusion.

One native son of Oak Grove was elected to the Alabama Public Service Commission.

Jim Zeigler, born in neighboring Sylacauga in 1948 and raised in Oak Grove, won the PSC seat in 1974, becoming the youngest person to hold a state office.

He won the seat two years after graduating from the University of Alabama, where he had been elected President of the Student Government Association, defeating the fraternity political party, "The Machine".