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Communities Also Named Ruby ...

We found 32 communities that share the name Ruby.

Within Ontario, the name Ruby is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 32 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Cullman County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Ruby [Cullman County].
      • Walker County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Ruby [Walker County].
    • Alaska
      • This Ruby lies 3,109 miles [5,003.5 km]<3> to the northwest.
    • Arizona
      • Santa Cruz County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Ruby [Santa Cruz County].
    • Colorado
      • Gunnison County
      • This Ruby is located in Gunnison County and lies 1,580 miles [2,542.8 km]<3> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gunnison County community of Ruby.
      • Mesa County
      • This Ruby is located in Mesa County and lies 1,658 miles [2,668.3 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mesa County community of Ruby.
      • Pitkin County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Ruby [Pitkin County].
    • Georgia
      • Irwin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Ruby [Irwin County].
      • Jones County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Ruby [Jones County].
    • Idaho
      • Cassia County
      • This Ruby is located in Cassia County and lies 1,808 miles [2,909.7 km]<3> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cassia County community of Ruby.
    • Illinois
      • Winnebago County
      • This Ruby is located in Winnebago County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<3> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winnebago County community of Ruby.
    • Kansas
      • Harper County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Ruby [Harper County].
      • Sedgwick County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Ruby [Sedgwick County].
    • Kentucky
      • Bell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Ruby [Bell County].
    • Louisiana
      • Rapides Parish
      • This Ruby is located in Rapides Parish and lies 1,273 miles [2,048.7 km]<3> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of Ruby.
    • Michigan
      • Saint Clair County
      • This Ruby is located in Saint Clair County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<3> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Ruby.
    • Mississippi
      • Copiah County
      • This Ruby is located in Copiah County and lies 1,164 miles [1,873.3 km]<3> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Copiah County community of Ruby.
      • Leflore County
      • This Ruby is located in Leflore County and lies 1,064 miles [1,712.3 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leflore County community of Ruby.
    • Montana
      • Madison County
      • This Ruby is located in Madison County and lies 1,671 miles [2,689.2 km]<3> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Ruby.
    • Nebraska
      • Seward County
      • This Ruby is located in Seward County and lies 1,042 miles [1,676.9 km]<3> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seward County community of Ruby.
    • Nevada
      • Elko County
      • This Ruby is located in Elko County and lies 1,900 miles [3,057.8 km]<3> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elko County community of Ruby.
    • New York
      • Ulster County
      • This Ruby is located in Ulster County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km]<3> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Ruby.
    • North Dakota
      • Nelson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Ruby [Nelson County].
    • Ohio
      • Gallia County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Ruby [Gallia County].
    • Oregon
      • Multnomah County
      • This Ruby is located in Multnomah County and lies 2,153 miles [3,464.9 km]<3> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Multnomah County community of Ruby.
    • South Carolina
      • Chesterfield County
      • This Ruby is located in Chesterfield County and lies 759 miles [1,221.5 km]<3> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Ruby.
    • Virginia
      • Stafford County
      • This Ruby is located in Stafford County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<3> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Ruby.
    • Washington
      • Benton County
      • This Ruby is located in Benton County and lies 1,991 miles [3,204.2 km]<3> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Ruby.
      • Okanogan County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Ruby [Okanogan County].
      • Pend Oreille County
      • This Ruby is located in Pend Oreille County and lies 1,871 miles [3,011.1 km] to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pend Oreille County community of Ruby.
      • Whatcom County
      • This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Ruby [Whatcom County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Chippewa County
      • This Ruby is located in Chippewa County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<3> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chippewa County community of Ruby.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ruby ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Deacon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
  • Donegal
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donegal
  • German Settlement
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for German Settlement came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Settlement
  • Golden Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Harriets Corners
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harriets Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harriets Corners
  • Lake Clear
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Clear came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Clear
  • Lost Nation
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Mud Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mud Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Lake
  • Round Lake Centre
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Lake Centre came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Lake Centre
  • Silver Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)

How Far From Ruby to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ruby to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ruby and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 79 miles [127.1 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Ruby to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,629 miles [9,059 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,360 miles [10,235.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,240 miles [6,823.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Ruby could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>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 Ruby, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ruby) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ruby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5317, Longitude: -77.3278    
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<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 tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Ruby to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.469 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.016 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.041 degrees.




 

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