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RUBY, TEXAS

Texas Ghost Town
Karnes County, South Texas
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8 Miles NW of Kenedy
2 Miles NW of Karnes City
22 Miles SE of Floresville
Population: Unkown

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The community grew around a switch on the Texas and New Orleans Railroad. Although no town center developed, there was a school and church. The region was settled by both Swedish and Polish immigrants.

According to the Handbook of Texas: “By the early 1990s only a few scattered farmhouses remained.”

1920s Karnes County map showing Ruby
(Above "A-R" in "K-A-R-N-E-S")
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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