Rutersville is located in Fayette County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Rutersville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1839.
Rutersville is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Rutersville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Rutersville: 979
Communities near Rutersville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rutersville.
- Giddings
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- La Grange
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Schulenburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Weimar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Industry
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Industry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Industry
- Industry is located in Austin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Industry <3>
- Fayetteville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Carmine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carmine have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmine
- Carmine is located in Fayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carmine <3>
- Round Top
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Joiner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Joiner. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joiner
- Joiner is located in Fayette County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Joiner
- From Rutersville to Joiner
- Roznov
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Rutersville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rutersville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rutersville. 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 Rutersville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rutersville. See our Newspapers Page for Rutersville.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rutersville ...
Looking for more information about Rutersville? 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 Rutersville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rutersville.
Adding Rutersville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Rutersville 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 for Rutersville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Rutersville post office opened in 1839.
We also found Rutersville in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Rutersville.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Fayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rutersville - 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |