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Welcome to Ruple ...

Ruple is located in Claiborne Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ruple, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Ruple is 360 feet [110 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Ruple lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Ruple: 318 & 457<3>

Communities Also Named Ruple ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Ruple - it's located in South Carolina.

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

Communities near Ruple ...

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

  • Minden
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Homer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Homer is located in Claiborne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,789 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <4>
  • Haynesville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Cullen
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Cotton Valley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Sarepta
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Emerson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Emerson is located in Columbia County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
  • Athens
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lisbon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Shongaloo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ruple ...

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

Adding Ruple to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ruple 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 Ruple was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Ruple post office opened in 1904. The Ruple post office closed in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ruple.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Claiborne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ruple - 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 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Ruple area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Ruple 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/