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Ruby, Alaska
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<p>Ruby is an incorporated town in central western Alaska, situated on the south bank of the <a href="/facts/Yukon_River/J0AYLxdQ">Yukon River</a> at the northwesternmost tip of the <a href="/facts/Nowitna_National_Wildlife_Refuge/fVCdtafI">Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge</a>. It is accessible only by boat or air. A formerly sizeable gold-mining and lumbering town servicing the region, at the <a href="/facts/2010_United_States_Census/RoYVI17A">2010 census</a> the population was just 166, with only a general store and post office remaining as businesses, down from 188 in 2000. </p><p>It is served by <a href="/facts/Ruby_Airport/YbysKDrX">Ruby Airport</a>. </p>