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Welcome to Ruckersville ...

Ruckersville is located in Elbert County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ruckersville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1823.

Ruckersville is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Ruckersville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Ruckersville: 706 & 762<3>

Communities Also Named Ruckersville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Ruckersville - it's located in Virginia.

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

Communities near Ruckersville ...

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

  • Hartwell
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Elberton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Calhoun Falls
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Edinburg ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Edinburg is located in Elbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
    • Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
  • Iva
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Iva is located in Anderson County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iva <4>
  • Bowman
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Bowman Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Bowman Ferry is located in Elbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ferry
    • Estimated population in 2019: 808 people
  • Dewy Rose
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Cooleys Ferry
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Cooleys Ferry is located in Hart County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleys Ferry
    • Estimated population in 2019: 529 people
  • Harrison
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Harrison is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
    • Estimated population in 2019: 442 people

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 Ruckersville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ruckersville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ruckersville. 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 Ruckersville.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ruckersville ...

Looking for more information about Ruckersville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Ruckersville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ruckersville.

Adding Ruckersville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ruckersville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Ruckersville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Ruckersville post office opened in 1823. The Ruckersville post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ruckersville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Elbert, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ruckersville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 706 code has been Overlayed with the 762 area code. New phone numbers in the Ruckersville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 706 or 762. As a result, placing a call in the Ruckersville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/