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United States Vermont  Rutland   Rutland City

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, it was made a wholly independent city and Rutland City was incorporated as Vermont's third city on November 18, 1892.

Today the City of Rutland is a shire town and the county seat of Rutland County.

Town Histories

 * Rutland in Retrospect, West, Robert Edward; White, Robert T.; Rutland Historical Society (Vt.), Published by Rutland Historical Society, Rutland, 1978. Find a copy in a library.
 * The Vermont State Fair takes place in Rutland VT. The History of the Fair Since 1846 is online.

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

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

City Directories
City of Rutland directories ftom the year range of 1872 through 1964 can be found on Ancestry.com ($) at this link.

FamilySearch Library Catalog

Maps
1854 Rutland County, Rutland map

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


 * Center Rutland Cemetery
 * Evergreen Cemetery
 * SpaffordCemetery
 * Town Line-Saunders Cemetery

Town Records
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.

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

Newspapers
Rutland Herald online at this link.

Libraries and Historical Societies
Rutland Free Library 10 Court St. Rutland, VT 05701 Phone:(802) 773-1860 Email: rutlandfree@rutlandfree.org Website: http://rutlandfree.org/

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: http://www.rutlandhistory.com/