A visit to the Fort Ruby Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Ft. Ruby Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Ft. Ruby Cemetery (FG ID #2499362)
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Ft. Ruby Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Ft. Ruby Cemetery
Lat: 40.0751° (40° 4' 30")
Lon: -115.5327° (-115° 31' 57")
The Ft. Ruby Cemetery is located in White Pine County<2>.
The county seat for White Pine County is located in Ely. Ely lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Ft. Ruby Cemetery .
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Ft. Ruby Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nevada:
- Pages specific to White Pine County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Elko County
- Cyndi's List
- Family Search
- Genealogy Trails
- Eureka County
- Cyndi's List
- Family Search
- Genealogy Trails
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- From Find-A-Grave:
- The Ft. Ruby Cemetery (FG ID #2499362)
- From Cyndi's List:
- Cemeteries of Nevada
- Cemeteries of White Pine County
- Cemetery Junction:
- Directory for Nevada
- From FamilySearch:
- Cemeteries Wiki for Nevada
- From Interment.net:
- Cemeteries of Nevada
- Cemeteries of White Pine
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Ft. Ruby Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Fort Ruby ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ruby
- Fort Ruby is located in White Pine County
- Fort Ruby has also been known as:
- Camp Ruby
- Shanty Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shanty Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanty Town
- Shanty Town is located in Elko County
- Cave Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek
- Cave Creek is located in Elko County
- Cave Creek has also been known as:
- Cavecreek
- Ruby Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby Valley
- Ruby Valley is located in Elko County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruby Valley <5>
- Dry Creek ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north) - Jiggs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jiggs
- Jiggs is located in Elko County
- Former names for Jiggs:
- Hylton
- Mound Valley
- Skelton
- Diamond City ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamond City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
- Diamond City is located in Eureka County
- Ruby Valley
- Ruby Valley lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Ft. Ruby Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ruby Valley.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby Valley
- Zunino Ranch Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Zunino Ranch Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- The Zunino Ranch Cemetery is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zunino Ranch Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2252496 <1>
- Ruby Valley Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- The Ruby Valley Cemetery is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ruby Valley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2175638 <1>
- Stratton Ranch Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Stratton Ranch Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- The Stratton Ranch Cemetery is located in White Pine County
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Stratton Ranch Cemetery is located 60 miles [96.6 km]<3> to the south of Ely.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stratton Ranch Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2254353 <1>
- Mineral Hill Cemetery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- The Mineral Hill Cemetery is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mineral Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2391652 <1>
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2499362
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 7 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Ft. Ruby Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Ft. Ruby Cemetery, with the nearest first.
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Ft. Ruby Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in White Pine County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Ft. Ruby Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 4 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km] of the Ft. Ruby Cemetery.<6>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Ft. Ruby Cemetery, with the nearest first.
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Ft. Ruby Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for White Pine County: www.co.white-pine.nv.us/
The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including White Pine, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Ft. Ruby Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0751, Longitude: -115.5327 |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |
| <7> | 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. |