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Welcome to Ruckersville ...

Ruckersville is located in Greene County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ruckersville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837.

Ruckersville is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Ruckersville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Ruckersville: 434

The ZIP code for Ruckersville: 22968<3>

Communities Also Named Ruckersville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Ruckersville - it's located in Georgia.

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

Communities near Ruckersville ...

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

  • Charlottesville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Orange
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Elkton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Elkton is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,914 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkton <4>
  • Gordonsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Stanardsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Madison
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Advance Mills Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Advance Mills Village is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills Village
  • Burnley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Burnley is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnley
  • Advance Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Advance Mills is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills
    • Advance Mills has also been known as:
    • Fray's Mills
  • Amicus
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Amicus is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ruckersville ...

Looking for more information about Ruckersville? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Ruckersville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Ruckersville.

Adding Ruckersville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ruckersville 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 Ruckersville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Ruckersville post office opened in 1837.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ruckersville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Greene, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ruckersville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Ruckersville). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Ruckersville or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/