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Welcome to Rugby ...

So far, we found very little information about Rugby. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Rugby to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rugby, please Contact Us.

Rugby would have been located within present day Lorain County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rugby, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Rugby is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Rugby was located: 440 & 436<4>

Communities Also Named Rugby ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Rugby - they are located in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana (2), New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ontario, Tennessee (2), Texas and Virginia (3).

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

Websites for Rugby ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.loraincountychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Rugby, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Rugby ...

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

  • Lorain
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Elyria
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • North Ridgeville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Avon Lake
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Avon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Avon is located in Lorain County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,745 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <5>
  • Norwalk
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Amherst
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Vermilion
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sheffield Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Oberlin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

Adding Rugby to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rugby 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 Rugby was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Rugby post office opened in 1897. The Rugby post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rugby.

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rugby, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Lorain, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rugby - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 440 code has been Overlayed with the 436 area code. New phone numbers in the Rugby area will be assigned with one of these codes: 440 or 436. As a result, placing a call in the Rugby area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/