Welcome to Rugby ...

So far, we found very little information about Rugby. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Rugby to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rugby, please Contact Us.

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Rugby would have been located within present day Lorain County<2>.

The location of Rugby has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rugby, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1897.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Rugby is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Rugby was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Rugby still existed, it would have been in the (440) area code.

Websites for Rugby ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.loraincountychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Rugby, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Rugby ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Rugby - they are located in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana (2), New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ontario, Tennessee (2), Texas and Virginia (3).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rugby.

Communities near Rugby ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rugby.

• Lorain
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorain
  • Lorain is located in Lorain County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 63,872 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lorain <5>
• Elyria
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elyria
  • Elyria is located in Lorain County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,873 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elyria <5>
• North Ridgeville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Ridgeville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ridgeville
  • North Ridgeville is located in Lorain County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,104 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Ridgeville <5>
• Avon Lake
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avon Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Lake
  • Avon Lake is located in Lorain County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,808 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon Lake <5>
• Avon
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
  • Avon is located in Lorain County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,745 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <5>
• Norwalk
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
  • Norwalk is located in Huron County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,782 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwalk <5>
• Amherst
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amherst have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
  • Amherst is located in Lorain County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,387 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amherst <5>
• Vermilion
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermilion
  • Vermilion is located in Lorain County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,473 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vermilion <5>
• Sheffield Lake
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sheffield Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield Lake
  • Sheffield Lake is located in Lorain County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,952 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sheffield Lake <5>
• Oberlin
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oberlin
  • Oberlin is located in Lorain County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,132 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oberlin <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Rugby. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rugby.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rugby. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rugby.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rugby. See our Newspapers Page for Rugby.

Adding Rugby to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rugby in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Rugby was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Rugby post office opened in 1897.

We also found Rugby on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map (1901).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rugby.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Lorain County: www.loraincounty.us

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/