Welcome to Rugless ...

Rugless is located in Lewis County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rugless, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Rugless is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Rugless: 606

Communities near Rugless ...

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

• Grayson
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Grayson is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,832 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grayson <3>
• Olive Hill
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Olive Hill is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Hill
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,534 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olive Hill <3>
• Vanceburg
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Vanceburg is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanceburg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,399 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vanceburg <3>
• Rome
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Rome is located in Adams County (OH)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
• Boone Furnace
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Boone Furnace is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Furnace
• Carter
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Carter is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
• Wesleyville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Wesleyville is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesleyville
• Buena Vista
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Buena Vista is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
• Garrison
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Garrison is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
• Emerson
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Emerson is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rugless ...

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

Adding Rugless to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rugless post office opened in 1891. The Rugless post office closed in 1948.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rugless.