Ruby, New York

Ruby, New York
Hamlet and CDP
Ruby, New York is located in New York
Ruby, New York
Ruby, New York
Ruby, New York is located in the United States
Ruby, New York
Ruby, New York
Coordinates: 42°01′05″N 74°00′53″W / 42.01806°N 74.01472°W / 42.01806; -74.01472
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountyUlster
TownUlster
Area
 • Total0.701 sq mi (1.82 km2)
 • Land0.700 sq mi (1.81 km2)
 • Water0.001 sq mi (0.003 km2)
Elevation
312 ft (95 m)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total918
 • Density1,311.43/sq mi (507.18/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
12475
Area code845
GNIS feature ID963066[2]

Ruby is a hamlet (and census-designated place)[3] in Ulster County, New York, United States. The community is 6.3 miles (10.1 km) north of Kingston in the town of Ulster. Ruby has a post office with ZIP code 12475, which opened on June 2, 1896.[4][5] The population was 918 at the 2020 census.[1]

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.[6]

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.[7]

  1. ^ a b "2020 Census Redistricting Data: Ruby CDP, New York". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  2. ^ "Ruby". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ "State of New York Census Designated Places - Current/BAS20 - Data as of January 1, 2019". tigerweb.geo.census.gov. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  4. ^ United States Postal Service. "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved September 4, 2017.
  5. ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
  6. ^ Tiano, Charles J. “Tiano’s Topics”, Kingston Daily Freeman, 10 December 1968, p. 19
  7. ^ Lafort, Remigius. The Catholic Church in the United States of America, Catholic editing Company, 1914, p. 433Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.