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United States Vermont  Rutland   Rutland Town

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. 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, Vermont. Manufactures such as General Electric and Isovolta Inc. are located in the southern section of the Town along with the Diamond Run Shopping Mall and the Green Mountain Shopping Plaza. With world class skiing just up the road, at the Killington and Pico ski areas, there are over 400 hotel and motel rooms in the Town of Rutland as well as numerous restaurants well staffed and ready to serve their quests.

Rutland town grew very rapidly from 3,715 people in 1850 to 12,149 in 1880. During that period the marble business had boomed, but other spheres of endeavor also flourished. Various interest groups could see that there might be advantages to be gained by dividing the town. So, in 1886 several changes were made. About 4,000 acres were taken from Rutland and Pittsford to create the town of Proctor. Another new town was created by splitting off approximately 9,500 acres from the west side of Rutland, and named West 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 population was 5,954 at the 2010 census.[1] Rutland completely surrounds the city of Rutland, which is incorporated separately from the town of Rutland

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

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

Maps
1854 Rutland County, Rutland map

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
 * 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 Town 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
Gilbert Hart Library 14 South Main Street Telephone/Fax: 446-2685 Wendy Savery, Librarian Email: ghlib@comcast.net Website: http://www.wallingfordvt.com/gilbert_hart_library.htm

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