Do you know of Ruth ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Ruth. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Ruth.<1>
Our sources for Ruth (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Ruth other than they indicate that Ruth would be found somewhere in Decatur County, Kansas.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1895 and closed in 1904.
Communities Also Named Ruth ...
We found 26 communities that share the name Ruth.
Within Kansas, the name Ruth is unique.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Marshall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Ruth [Marshall County].
- Arkansas
- Fulton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Ruth [Fulton County].
- California
- Trinity County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Ruth [Trinity County].
- Georgia
- Greene County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Ruth [Greene County].
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Breckinridge County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Ruth [Breckinridge County].
- Caldwell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Ruth [Caldwell County].
- Pulaski County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Ruth [Pulaski County].
- Louisiana
- Saint Martin Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Ruth [Saint Martin Parish].
- Michigan
- Huron County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Ruth [Huron County].
- Mississippi
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Ruth [Lincoln County].
- Missouri
- Nevada
- White Pine County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Ruth [White Pine County].
- New Mexico
- Guadalupe County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Ruth [Guadalupe County].
- North Carolina
- Forsyth County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Ruth [Forsyth County].
- Rutherford County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Ruth [Rutherford County].
- Ohio
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Ruth [Marion County].
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Ruth [Madison County].
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Ruth ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Ruth:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Rand McNally Map of Kansas (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Decatur County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Decatur County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Ruth could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |