Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Ruskin (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Ruskin. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Ruskin is located in Bladen County.
To see how the shape of North Carolina's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Bladen County: Columbus, Cumberland, Pender, Robeson & Sampson.
Below are the counties that are near Ruskin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ruskin:
- Bladen County (The home county of Ruskin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruskin, with the one closest to Ruskin listed first.
- White Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Yorick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dublin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dublin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Dublin is located in Bladen County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Elizabethtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabethtown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Elizabethtown is located in Bladen County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,378 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elizabethtown <1>
- Tar Heel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jerome
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jerome. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Jerome is located in Bladen County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Jerome
- From Ruskin to Jerome
- Mount Olive
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Olive have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Mount Olive is located in Bladen County
- White Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake
- White Lake is located in Bladen County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Lake <1>
- Abbottsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bladenboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bladenboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bladenboro
- Bladenboro is located in Bladen County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,697 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bladenboro <1>
- Butters
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butters have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butters
- Butters is located in Bladen County
- Clarkton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarkton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkton
- Clarkton is located in Bladen County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 741 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarkton <1>
- Rosindale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rosindale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosindale
- Rosindale is located in Bladen County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Rosindale
- From Ruskin to Rosindale
- Columbus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruskin, with the one closest to Ruskin listed first.
- Rico
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mount Olive
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Olive have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Mount Olive is located in Columbus County
- Boardman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boardman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman
- Boardman is located in Columbus County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Evergreen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Whiteville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hallsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Redbug
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Williamson Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chadbourn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Grist
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lake Waccamaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Brunswick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bolton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruskin, with the one closest to Ruskin listed first.
- Stedman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Judson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ardulusa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vander
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vander have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vander
- Vander is located in Cumberland County
- Hope Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Williams Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williams Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Village
- Williams Village is located in Cumberland County
- Timberlake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timberlake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Timberlake is located in Cumberland County
- Cumberland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fayetteville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eastover
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Highland Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Highland Village is located in Cumberland County
- Holly Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Holly Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Duplin County
- Harrells
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrells have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrells
- Harrells is located in Duplin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Hoke County
- Rockfish
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockfish have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Rockfish is located in Hoke County
- Robeson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruskin, with the one closest to Ruskin listed first.
- Allenton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barker Ten Mile
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barker Ten Mile have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Ten Mile
- Barker Ten Mile is located in Robeson County
- Rozier Siding ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Saint Pauls
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lumberton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Saddletree
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Parkton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parkton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkton
- Parkton is located in Robeson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parkton <1>
- Rex
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lowe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowe
- Lowe is located in Robeson County
- Rennert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rennert have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rennert
- Rennert is located in Robeson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Lumber Bridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lumber Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber Bridge
- Lumber Bridge is located in Robeson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Orrum
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orrum have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrum
- Orrum is located in Robeson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Proctorville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Proctorville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctorville
- Proctorville is located in Robeson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Sampson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruskin, with the one closest to Ruskin listed first.
- Garland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- McDaniels
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tomahawk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tomahawk. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Tomahawk is located in Sampson County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Tomahawk
- From Ruskin to Tomahawk
- Roseboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Autryville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ingold
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ingold. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingold
- Ingold is located in Sampson County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Ingold
- From Ruskin to Ingold
- Snow Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snow Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Snow Hill is located in Sampson County
- Kerr
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kerr. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr
- Kerr is located in Sampson County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Kerr
- From Ruskin to Kerr
- Concord
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Concord have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Concord is located in Sampson County
- Salemburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bonnetsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ivanhoe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ivanhoe. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Ivanhoe is located in Sampson County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Ivanhoe
- From Ruskin to Ivanhoe
- Beulah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ruskin, see our County-by-County Page for Ruskin.
Cemeteries Near Ruskin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ruskin.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ruskin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ruskin, with the one closest to Ruskin listed first.
- Grimes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grimes Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grimes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Allen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Allen Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Allen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Burney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burney Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bryan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bryan Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bryan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Allen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Allen Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Allen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Benson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Benson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Benson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hursey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hursey Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hursey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- New Pait Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Pait Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Pait Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Old Pait Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Pait Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Pait Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Johnson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- McGill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McGill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McGill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pone Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pone Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pone Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Ellis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ellis Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ellis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Edwards Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edwards Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edwards Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bryant Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bryant Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bryant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
While we didn't find Ruskin in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ruskin.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ruskin, with the one closest to Ruskin listed first.
- Elizabethtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabethtown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Elizabethtown is located in Bladen County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,378 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elizabethtown <1>
- Tar Heel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ammon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ammon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
- Ammon is located in Bladen County
- Jerome
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jerome. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Jerome is located in Bladen County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Jerome
- From Ruskin to Jerome
- Tolarsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tolarsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolarsville
- Tolarsville is located in Robeson County
- Richardson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richardson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Richardson is located in Bladen County
- Bladenboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bladenboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bladenboro
- Bladenboro is located in Bladen County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,697 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bladenboro <1>
- Abbottsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Howellsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howellsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howellsville
- Howellsville is located in Robeson County
- Clarkton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarkton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkton
- Clarkton is located in Bladen County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 741 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarkton <1>
- Parkersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parkersburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkersburg
- Parkersburg is located in Sampson County
- Allenton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
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- Garland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cedar Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Cedar Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Elkton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Elkton is located in Bladen County
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ruskin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ruskin.
Newspapers Published in Ruskin ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ruskin.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ruskin, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ruskin.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Ruskin:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Bladen County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbus County
- Cumberland County
- Duplin County
- Hoke County
- Robeson County
- Sampson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ruskin. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Bladen County: www.bladeninfo.net/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
<3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
<4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ruskin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
<5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ruskin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ruskin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7095, Longitude: -78.6748 |