Ruby, New York
Ruby is a hamlet in Ulster County, New York, United States. The community is north of Kingston. Ruby has a post office with ZIP code 12475, which opened on June 2, 1896.
One time major league baseball player Dutch Schirick was born in Ruby on June 15, 1890. In 1921 he organized the semi-professional Kingston Colonels team. Schirick later went on to become a Supreme Court judge in Kingston.
The Roman Catholic Church of St. Wendelinus was founded as a mission station of St. Peter's in Rondoubt. By 1914, it had become a mission of St. Ann's in Sawkill. At that time, the congregation, of English and German descent, numbered about 60.
