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Nearest Communities to Ruby,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Ruby, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Ruby:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Ruby.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Ruby is located in Gunnison County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Gunnison County: Chaffee, Delta, Hinsdale, Ouray, Pitkin & Saguache.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 33 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ruby. Of these communities, 13 are located in counties other than Gunnison County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Ruby (which is Gunnison County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Ruby

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Gunnison County   (where Ruby resides)
    • County Website:   www.co.gunnison.co.us/
    • County Seat for Gunnison:   Gunnison
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ruby   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ruby.
      • Irwin ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
        • Irwin is located in Gunnison County
      • Floresta ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Floresta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floresta
        • Floresta is located in Gunnison County
      • Crested Butte
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Pittsburg ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pittsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
        • Pittsburg is located in Gunnison County
      • Mount Crested Butte
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Crested Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Crested Butte
        • Mount Crested Butte is located in Gunnison County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 893 people
      • Elkton ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
        • Elkton is located in Gunnison County
      • Baldwin ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baldwin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
        • Baldwin is located in Gunnison County
      • Gothic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gothic
        • Gothic is located in Gunnison County
      • Schofield ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schofield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schofield
        • Schofield is located in Gunnison County
      • Crystal ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
        • Crystal is located in Gunnison County
      • Marble
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marble have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
        • Marble is located in Gunnison County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 140 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marble <4>
      • Almont
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Almont have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almont
        • Almont is located in Gunnison County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Almont <4>
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Somerset
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Somerset have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
          • Somerset is located in Gunnison County
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Somerset <4>
        • Harry Parker Place
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harry Parker Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harry Parker Place
          • Harry Parker Place is located in Gunnison County
        • Gunnison
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Patterson Place
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Patterson Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Place
          • Patterson Place is located in Gunnison County
        • Hierro
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hierro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hierro
          • Hierro is located in Gunnison County
        • Iola ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iola have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
          • Iola is located in Gunnison County
        • Pieplant ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pieplant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pieplant
          • Pieplant is located in Gunnison County
          • Pieplant has also been known as:
          • Pie Plant
          • Pieplant Mill
        • Sapinero
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sapinero have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sapinero
          • Sapinero is located in Gunnison County
  • Delta County
    • County Website:   www.deltacounty.com/
    • County Seat for Delta:   Delta
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ruby   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ruby.
      • Juanita Junction
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Juanita Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juanita Junction
        • Juanita Junction is located in Delta County
      • Bowie
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bowie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
        • Bowie is located in Delta County
        • Former names for Bowie:
        • Reading
        • Wauneta
      • Paonia
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paonia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paonia
        • Paonia is located in Delta County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,474 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paonia <4>
      • Coburn
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coburn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburn
        • Coburn is located in Delta County
      • Crawford
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Montrose County
  • Pitkin County
    • County Website:   www.aspenpitkin.com/
    • County Seat for Pitkin:   Aspen
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ruby   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ruby.
      • Ashcroft ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcroft
        • Ashcroft is located in Pitkin County
        • Former names for Ashcroft:
        • Castle Forks City
        • Chloride
      • Placita
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Placita have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placita
        • Placita is located in Pitkin County
      • Redstone
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Snowmass Village
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Aspen
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Ruby ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
        • Ruby is located in Pitkin County
      • Woody Creek
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ruby) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ruby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8661, Longitude: -107.0956       In this case, the coordinates for Ruby have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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