| City: | Ruby, Louisiana |
| Parish: | Rapides Parish |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:03:28 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 318 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 31.1892, -92.2489 |
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Ruby is a tiny unincorporated community in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It sits along Highway 454 about 10 miles east of Alexandria. The ZIP code has no defined territory of its own. Instead, it exists as a point location within the boundaries of ZIP 71360.
Mail delivery here relies on a highway contract route. There's no city carrier service and no rural routes. General Delivery is available for those passing through or without a fixed address. The post office handles mail for the surrounding rural area, though the community itself has essentially no permanent population recorded by the Census.
Highway 454 is the only street in this ZIP's address database. With just one single-family dwelling unit on record and no PO Boxes, Ruby functions as a minimal postal presence serving travelers and scattered rural residents along the highway corridor.
The only addressable street is Highway 454, reflecting Ruby's identity as a highway crossroads community.
ZIP Code 71365 is designated for PO Box delivery only; business establishment and employment data are not available.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 0Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 0Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 0Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 71365 is located in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, within the Alexandria, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 10780) and Louisiana's 5th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 153,922 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 71365. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Alexandria, LASource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 10780Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 153,922Source: Census |
| MSA: | Alexandria, LA MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 05Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 14452.88 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | --Source: Census |
| Place Name: | --Source: Census |
We could not locate which school district 71365 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on March 1, 2026.