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 Seward County,

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, United States.

History

A post office was established at Ruby in 1883, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905. On June 13, 2001 a photogenic but violent F4 tornado touched down north of the small community and moved north-northeast where it passed near Seward, the F4 would sweep a farmstead, only an empty basement was left behind, there was no fatalities, but 2 people were injured.

References

Unincorporated communities in Seward County, Nebraska Unincorporated communities in Nebraska {{SewardCountyNE-geo-stub