Welcome to Ruel ...

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

We've added Ruel to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Ruel - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Ruel, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Ruel , we believe that it would have been located within present day Hanover County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ruel, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

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

Communities Also Named Ruel ...

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

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

Adding Ruel to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Ruel was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Ruel post office opened in 1893.

We also found Ruel on a map titled Rand McNally Map (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ruel.

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 Ruel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Hanover, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/