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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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Please note 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 Mesa County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mesa County: Delta, Garfield, Gunnison, Montrose, Pitkin & Grand (UT).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 28 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ruby. Of these communities, 7 are located in counties other than Mesa 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 Mesa 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.

  • Mesa County   (where Ruby resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.mesacounty.us/
    • County Seat for Mesa:   Grand Junction
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ruby   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ruby.
      • Mack
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Loma
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Utaline
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Utaline is located in Mesa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utaline
      • Gilsonite
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Gilsonite is located in Mesa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilsonite
      • Fruita
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Rhone
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Rhone is located in Mesa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhone
      • Glade Park
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Appleton
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Appleton is located in Mesa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
      • Redlands
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Redlands is located in Mesa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redlands
      • Durham
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Durham is located in Mesa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
      • Grand Junction
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Rosevale
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Rosevale is located in Mesa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosevale
      • Continue List   (9 more) ...
        • Orchard Mesa
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Orchard Mesa is located in Mesa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Mesa
        • Johnsons Corner
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Johnsons Corner is located in Mesa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Corner
        • Fruitvale
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Highland Park
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Highland Park is located in Mesa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
        • Pear Park
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Pear Park is located in Mesa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pear Park
        • Clifton
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Bridges Switch
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Bridges Switch is located in Mesa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges Switch
        • Whitewater
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Mount Lincoln
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Mount Lincoln is located in Mesa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lincoln
  • Garfield County
  • Grand County
    • County Website:   https://www.grandcountyutah.net/
    • County Seat for Grand:   Moab (UT)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ruby   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ruby.
      • Westwater ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Westwater is located in Grand County (UT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwater
      • Cottonwood
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Cottonwood is located in Grand County (UT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
      • Agate ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Agate is located in Grand County (UT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agate
      • Cisco ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Three Pines
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Three Pines is located in Grand County (UT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Pines

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ruby) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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.
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