Ruby, New York
Ruby, New York | |
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Hamlet and CDP | |
  Ruby, New York | |
| Coordinates: 42°01′05″N 74°00′53″W / 42.01806°N 74.01472°WCoordinates: 42°01′05″N 74°00′53″W / 42.01806°N 74.01472°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Ulster |
| Elevation | 312 ft (95 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 12475 |
| Area code(s) | 845 |
| GNIS feature ID | 963066[1] |
Ruby is a hamlet (and census-designated place)[2] in Ulster County, New York, United States. The community is 6.3 miles (10.1 km) north of Kingston. Ruby has a post office with ZIP code 12475, which opened on June 2, 1896.[3][4]
One-time major league baseball player Dutch Schirick was born in Ruby on June 15, 1890. In 1921, he organized the semi-professional Kingston Colonels team. Schirick went on to become a Supreme Court judge in Kingston.[5]
The Roman Catholic Church of St. Wendelinus was founded as a mission station of St. Peter's in Rondoubt. By 1914, it had become a mission of St. Ann's in Sawkill. At that time, the congregation, of English and German descent, numbered approximately 60.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Ruby". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ^ "State of New York Census Designated Places - Current/BAS20 - Data as of January 1, 2019". tigerweb.geo.census.gov. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
- ^ United States Postal Service. "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved September 4, 2017.
- ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
- ^ Tiano, Charles J. “Tiano’s Topics”, Kingston Daily Freeman, 10 December 1968, p. 19
- ^ Lafort, Remigius. The Catholic Church in the United States of America, Catholic editing Company, 1914, p. 433
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