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Welcome to Camp Ruby ...

Camp Ruby is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Camp Ruby is located in Polk County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Camp Ruby, you might consider that their post office opened in 1926.

A typical abbreviation for Camp Ruby: Cp. Ruby

Camp Ruby is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Camp Ruby lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Camp Ruby: 936

Communities near Camp Ruby ...

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

  • Livingston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Woodville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Ivanhoe
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Ivanhoe is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,438 people
  • Ivanhoe North
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Ivanhoe North is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe North
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 538 people
  • Goodrich
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Chester
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Seven Oaks
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Seven Oaks is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
  • Dallardsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Schwab City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Schwab City is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schwab City
  • Leggett
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Camp Ruby ...

Looking for more information about Camp Ruby? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Camp Ruby, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Camp Ruby.

Adding Camp Ruby to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Camp Ruby in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Camp Ruby was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Camp Ruby post office opened in 1926. The Camp Ruby post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Camp Ruby.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Polk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Camp Ruby - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/