Ruby City is a
ghost town
A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economi ...
in
Elko County,
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...
, United States.
It was a planned city of 75 families, established seven miles south of
Arthur, Nevada in 1912.
History
Ruby City was created by land promoters from Utah who had purchased and built 75 homes. In 1915, there was a hotel, two schools, a water canal and a chapel of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Restorationism, restorationist Christianity, Christian Christian denomination, denomination and the ...
(LDS Church). However, because of water issues and bad soil, the community was abandoned by 1918 and became a
ghost town
A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economi ...
.
References
{{Elko County, Nevada
Ghost towns in Elko County, Nevada
Ghost towns in Nevada
Populated places established in 1912
1912 establishments in Nevada