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>.

The location of Ruby has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

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.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Ruby was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Ruby once stood is in the (740) area code.

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 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.

Communities near Ruby ...

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

• Huntington
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
  • Huntington is located in Cabell County (WV)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,934 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntington <5>
• Barboursville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barboursville
  • Barboursville is located in Cabell County (WV)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,228 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barboursville <5>
• Point Pleasant
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
  • Point Pleasant is located in Mason County (WV)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,017 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Point Pleasant <5>
• Gallipolis
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallipolis
  • Gallipolis is located in Gallia County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,545 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gallipolis <5>
• Milton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
  • Milton is located in Cabell County (WV)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,523 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <5>
• Oak Hill
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
  • Oak Hill is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,531 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Hill <5>
• Buffalo
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
  • Buffalo is located in Putnam County (WV)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,263 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo <5>
• Rio Grande
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Grande
  • Rio Grande is located in Gallia County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 777 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rio Grande <5>
• Chesapeake
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chesapeake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesapeake
  • Chesapeake is located in Lawrence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 696 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chesapeake <5>
• Proctorville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctorville
  • Proctorville is located in Lawrence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Proctorville <5>

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 for Ruby was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Ruby post office opened in 1899.

We also found Ruby on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map (1901).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ruby.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Gallia County: www.gallianet.net/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/