Ruby is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Copiah County, Mississippi
Copiah County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,368. The county seat is Hazlehurst.
With an eastern border formed by the Pearl River, Copiah County is part of the Jackson, MS ...
, United States. Ruby is 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.
Ruby was home to a pharmacist in 1916.
A post office operated under the name Ruby from 1892 to 1908.
References
Unincorporated communities in Copiah County, Mississippi
Unincorporated communities in Mississippi
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