The public archives hold no old photos of Ruma yet. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ruma’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ruma yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Ruma is a village in Randolph County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Ruma had a population of 313.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 317 in 2010, 313 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.