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Welcome to Ruskin ...

Ruskin is located in Ware County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ruskin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

From the 2010 Census (the most recent Census number we have), Ruskin had a population of 1,203 people.<2> (see below for details).

Ruskin is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Ruskin: 912 & 565<4>

Communities Also Named Ruskin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Ruskin - they are located in British Columbia, Florida, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Ruskin ...

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

  • Waycross
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Waltertown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Waltertown is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltertown
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,115 people
    • Waltertown has also been known as:
    • Watertown
  • Blackshear
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Homerville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Hoboken
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Argyle
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Deenwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Deenwood is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deenwood
  • Waresboro
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Winona Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Winona Park is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Park
  • Jamestown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jamestown is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ruskin ...

Looking for more information about Ruskin? 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 Ruskin, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ruskin.

Adding Ruskin to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ruskin 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 Ruskin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Ruskin post office opened in 1899. The Ruskin post office closed in 1932.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ruskin.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Ware, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Ruskin.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ruskin - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 912 code has been Overlayed with the 565 area code. New phone numbers in the Ruskin area will be assigned with one of these codes: 912 or 565. As a result, placing a call in the Ruskin area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/