Welcome to Ruby ...So far, we found very little information about Ruby. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Ruby to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ruby, please Contact Us. Ruby would have been located within present day Gallia County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Ruby, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899. While the community is gone, the present day location for Ruby is 1,020 feet [311 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Ruby was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Codes where Ruby was located: 740 & 220<4> Communities Also Named Ruby ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 32 communities that are also named Ruby - they are located in Alabama (2), Alaska, Arizona, Colorado (3), Georgia (2), Idaho, Illinois, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi (2), Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Ontario, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington (4) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ruby. Websites for Ruby ...Chamber of Commerce: www.galliacounty.org/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Ruby, the following might be of interest: Communities near Ruby ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ruby.
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 Ruby. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ruby. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ruby. 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 Ruby. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ruby. See our Newspapers Page for Ruby. Adding Ruby to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Ruby in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Ruby was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Ruby. Footnotes ...
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