Ruby, Copiah County, Mississippi

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Coordinates: 31°56′46″N 90°14′53″W / 31.94611°N 90.24806°W / 31.94611; -90.24806
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Ruby, Mississippi
UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)601 & 769
GNIS feature ID686732[1]

Ruby is an unincorporated community in Copiah County, Mississippi, United States. Ruby is 7 miles (11 km) east-southeast of Crystal Springs.

History

Ruby was first settled in 1850 and named for the daughter of the first store owner, Albert Gates. The community was also home to a sawmill and school. Many of the settlers moved to Hopewell after a railroad and depot were built there in 1909.[2]

Ruby was home to a pharmacist in 1916.[3]

A post office operated under the name Ruby from 1892 to 1908.[4]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ruby, Copiah County, Mississippi
  2. ISBN 978-0-7385-5300-9
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  3. ^ The Era Druggist's Directory of the United States, Canada, Cuba, Porto Rico, Manila, Hawaiian Islands and Mexico. D.O. Haynes & Company. 1916. p. 92.
  4. ^ "Copiah County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 6, 2020.


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