Do you know of Ruby ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Ruby. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Ruby.
We found mention of Ruby as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Harper County, Kansas.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1902 and closed in 1904.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Ruby ...
We found 32 communities that share the name Ruby.
There is one other community in Kansas which is also named Ruby.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 31 communities, 31 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Please visit our profile page for the Alaska community of Ruby.
- Arizona
- Santa Cruz County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Ruby [Santa Cruz County].
- Colorado
- Georgia
- Irwin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Ruby [Irwin County].
- Jones County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Ruby [Jones County].
- Idaho
- Cassia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Ruby [Cassia County].
- Illinois
- Winnebago County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Ruby [Winnebago County].
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Rapides Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Ruby [Rapides Parish].
- Michigan
- Saint Clair County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Ruby [Saint Clair County].
- Mississippi
- Montana
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Ruby [Madison County].
- Nebraska
- Seward County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Ruby [Seward County].
- Nevada
- Elko County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Ruby [Elko County].
- New York
- Ulster County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Ruby [Ulster County].
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Gallia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Ruby [Gallia County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Ruby.
- Oregon
- Multnomah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Ruby [Multnomah County].
- South Carolina
- Chesterfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Ruby [Chesterfield County].
- Virginia
- Stafford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Ruby [Stafford County].
- Washington
- Benton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Ruby [Benton County].
- Okanogan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Ruby [Okanogan County].
- Pend Oreille County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Ruby [Pend Oreille County].
- Whatcom County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Ruby [Whatcom County].
- Wisconsin
- Chippewa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Ruby [Chippewa County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Ruby ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Ruby:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
More Orphans in Harper County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Harper County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Ruby could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |