Ruth

Ruth is a census-designated place in , , United States. Founded in 1903, it had a population of 440 at the 2010 census. Ruth was built as a company town for the adjacent Robinson Mine, a large open-pit copper mine, which is still in operation as of 2022.
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  • Type: Village with 371 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in Nevada, United States
  • Also known as: Ruth, Nevada” and “Ruth, NV
  • Postal code: 89319

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lane City and Ely.

Locality
or Mineral City was a settlement in . It is now a ghost town. A mining camp was founded in 1869 just west of , and named Mineral City until 1876. is situated 3 miles southeast of Ruth.

is the only city in and the county seat of , United States. was founded as a stagecoach station along the Pony Express and Central Overland Route.

Ruth

Latitude
39.28054° or 39° 16′ 50″ north
Longitude
-114.98537° or 114° 59′ 7″ west
Population
371
Elevation
6,870 feet (2,094 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US R8H
Open location code
85F772J7+6V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150948702
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5511520
Wiki­data ID
Q1014174
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Ruth” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Ruth
  • Catalan: Ruth
  • Cebuano: Ruth
  • Chinese: 魯斯
  • Dutch: Ruth
  • French: Ruth
  • German: Ruth
  • Gilaki: روث (نوادا)
  • Gilaki: روث
  • Irish: Ruth
  • Italian: Ruth
  • Japanese: ルース (ネヴァダ州)
  • Japanese: ルース (ネバダ州
  • Japanese: ルース
  • Ladin: Ruth
  • Malayalam: രൂത്ത്
  • Navajo: Béésh Łichíiʼii Bą́ą́ʼdígééd
  • Persian: روث، نوادا
  • Persian: روث
  • Polish: Ruth
  • Portuguese: Ruth
  • Russian: Рут
  • Serbian: Рут
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ruth, Nevada
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ruth
  • Silesian: Ruth
  • South Azerbaijani: روت، نوادا
  • Spanish: Ruth
  • Swedish: Ruth, Nevada
  • Swedish: Ruth
  • Tatar: Рут
  • Ukrainian: Рут
  • Volapük: Ruth
  • Welsh: Ruth, Nevada‎
  • Welsh: Ruth

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