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Ruby City

Ghost town · Elko County, Nevada

Ruby City Creek quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1984, 1:24,000)
Ruby City Creek quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1984, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Ruby City is a ghost town in Elko County, Nevada. It is one of 70 former communities in Elko County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 2nd among the 17 Nevada counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Ruby City as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 40.7164° N, 115.2060° W.

Key facts

Elevation6,106 ft
Nearest living townLamoille, NV
Distance to it14.3 miles
Coordinates40.71640, -115.20600

Open the location on a map

Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Ruby City today, aerial view
Ruby City Creek quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1984, 1:24,000)

Left: Ruby City Creek quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1984, 1:24,000), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Ruby City is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Lamoille, NV (population 63), about 14.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 6,106 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Ruby City?

Ruby City is in Elko County, Nevada, at 40.7164, -115.2060.

How many ghost towns are in Elko County?

Elko County, Nevada has 70 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-06.