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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alaska
- Census area
- Yukon-Koyukuk
- Incorporated
- September 25, 1973
- Mayor
- Elizabeth Captain
- State senator
- Click Bishop ( R )
- State rep
- Mike Cronk (R)
- Total
- 7.02 sq mi (18.19 km )
- Land
- 7.02 sq mi (18.19 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 249 ft (76 m)
- Density
- 19.8/sq mi (7.64/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-9 ( Alaska (AKST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-8 (AKDT)
- Fips code
- 02-65590
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Ruby
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Alaska
- Population
- 139
- Area
- 19.760826
- Elevation
- 76
- Time zone
- Alaska Time Zone
- Body of water
- Yukon River
- Image
- Ruby riverboats.jpg
- Households
- 46
- Licence plate code
- 907
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- postal code
- 99768
- inception
- 1911-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0
- P8168
- Poli Genova
- water area
- 0
- mean age
- 26.3
- native label
- Tl'aa'ologhe
- Commons category
- Ruby, Alaska
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Encyclopedic overview
Ruby (Koyukon: Tl'aa'ologhe) is an incorporated town in central western Alaska, situated on the south bank of the Yukon River at the northwesternmost tip of the Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge. It is accessible only by boat or air. A formerly sizeable gold-mining and lumbering town servicing the region, Ruby had a population of 139 at the 2020 census, with only a general store and post office remaining as businesses.
It is served by Ruby Airport.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ruby” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.