Ruby is a

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(and census-designated place) in

Ulster County Ulster County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. It is situated along the Hudson River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 181,851. The county seat is Kingston. The county is named after the Irish province of Ulster. History F ...

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, United States. The community is north of

Kingston Kingston may refer to: Places * List of places called Kingston, including the five most populated: ** Kingston, Jamaica ** Kingston upon Hull, England ** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia ** Kingston, Ontario, Canada ** Kingston upon Thames, ...

. Ruby has a

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with ZIP code 12475, which opened on June 2, 1896. The population was 918 at the 2020 census. One-time major league baseball player

Dutch Schirick Harry Ernest "Dutch" Schirick (June 15, 1890 – November 12, 1968) was a pinch hitter in Major League Baseball for one game in 1914, who also later had a career as a New York Supreme Court judge for the Third District from 1935 to 1961. Life Sch ...

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. 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.Lafort, Remigius. ''The Catholic Church in the United States of America'', Catholic editing Company, 1914, p. 433
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Geography

According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of 0.701 square miles (3.1 km²), of which 0.7 square miles (2.5 km²) is land and 0.001 square mile (0.6 km²) (0.14%) is water.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, the population was 918. The racial makeup of the town was 87.69%

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, 2.07% Black or African American, 0.00% Native American, 1.42% Asian, 0.00%

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, 2.40% from other races, and 6.43% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 6.43% of the population.

References

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