U.S. Towns Named "Ruby" (Plus One in New Zealand)

There are 29 unincorporated communities or ghost towns named Ruby across the United States, one in each of these states:

• Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

(Some states have more than one; the list above notes at least one per state.)

Plus: Ruby Bay, a coastal settlement in Tasman District, New Zealand.

Most US Rubys were mining camps (gold, silver, ruby minerals) that faded. A few persist as tiny rural hamlets.