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Welcome to Ruckerville ...

Ruckerville is located in Clark County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ruckerville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

Ruckerville is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Ruckerville and travel east, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Ruckerville: 859

Communities near Ruckerville ...

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

  • Richmond
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Winchester
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Sterling
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Stanton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Irvine
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jeffersonville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Camargo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Camargo is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
  • Clay City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • North Middletown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • North Middletown is located in Bourbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Middletown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
  • Ravenna
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ruckerville ...

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

Adding Ruckerville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ruckerville 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 Ruckerville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Ruckerville post office opened in 1850. The Ruckerville post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ruckerville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Clark, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ruckerville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/