Rutland Town, Rutland County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
The Original Town of Rutland was chartered in 1761 and was later divided into the Town of Proctor, the Town of West Rutland and the City of Rutland. At the same time Proctor and West Rutland were created, the village of Rutland was incorporated to give it partly independent status. Six years later, in 1892, it was made a wholly independent city. After the division was accomplished, the town of Rutland was left with about half the acreage it had when it was chartered, and only a fraction of the population that it had in 1880.

The present 12,000 acre Town of Rutland is home to considerable commercial activity as well as a siginificant number of manufacturing jobs. With a population of slightly over 4000 residents the Town of Rutland is the third largest municipality in Rutland County, VT. The population was 5,954 at the 2010 census. Rutland Town completely surrounds the city of Rutland.

Cemeteries
The following is a list of cemeteries in present-day Rutland Town. For location of cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Rutland County, website at this link.


 * Center Rutland Cemetery (aka Old Center Rutland Cemetery) - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Cheney Hill Cemetery (aka Sand Pit Cemetery) - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * at FamilySearch Catalog


 * Rutland Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Rutland County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

Church Records
Historically, the largest religious groups in Vermont were the Congregational, Baptist, Roman Catholic, and Methodist churches. For general information about Vermont denominations, view the New Hampshire Church Records wiki page. To see the churches in Rutland Town, visit. Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. The following are church records available online for the town of Rutland Town:

City Directories
FamilySearch Library Catalog

Land Records
The following are online land records for the town of Rutland Town:

Libraries and Historical Societies
The Rutland Historical Society was founded in 1969 to serve the original town of Rutland which includes the present towns of Proctor, Rutland Town, West Rutland and the City of Rutland.

Rutland Historical Society Inc. 96 Center Street Rutland, VT 05701-4023 Phone: (802) 775-2006 Email - president@rutlandhistory.com Website: Rutland Historical Society

Maps
The following are online maps of the town of Rutland Town:

1854 Rutland County, Rutland map

Newspapers
Rutland Herald online at this link.

Probate Records
In Vermont, most probate records are kept at the town level. The following are online probate records for the town of Rutland Town:

The probate district for Rutland Town is Rutland. Rutland Probate Court 83 Center Street Rutland, VT 05701 (802) 775-0114

Town Records
In Vermont, most records are kept at the town level and generally began being kept at the founding of the town. These records may include the following: The following are Rutland Town town records available online:

Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005, can be found on FamilySerach (browse only images) at this link.

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Rutland Town Clerks Office. These include Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1893-1995.

Town Clerk
The town clerk is responsible for these records, and so most originals can be found at the town clerk's office.

Rutland Town Clerk 181 U.S. 4 Business Center Rutland, VT 05736 Phone: (802) 773-2528 Email: mkh@rutlandtown.com Website

Vital Records
FamilySearch Historical Records Collection has Vermont birth, death, and marriage records online.