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Rutland County, Vermont

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79historic places

—earliest paper

1781formed

60,572pop. 2020

196cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 79 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Rutland, Pittsford, Wallingford.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

45 of 79 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

79 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Allen, Nathan, House	Pawlet	Building	1988
Baxter, H. H., Memorial Library	Rutland	Building	1978
Benson Village	Benson	District	1978
Braintree School	Pawlet	Building	2010
Brandon State School	Brandon	District	1999
Brandon Village Historic District	Brandon	District	1976
Bridge 4	Poultney	Structure	2009
Brown Bridge NHL	Shrewsbury	Structure	2014
Brown Covered Bridge	North Clarendon	Structure	1974
Castleton Medical College Building	Castleton	Building	1971
Castleton Village Historic District	Castleton	District	1979
Chaffee-Moloney Houses	Rutland	Building	2001
Clarendon Congregational Church	Clarendon	Building	1984
Clarendon House	Clarendon Springs	Building	1976
Clementwood	Rutland	Building	1980
Colburn Bridge	Pittsford	Structure	1990
Cold River Bridge	Clarendon	Structure	1991
Cooley Covered Bridge	Pittsford	Structure	1974
Crowley Cheese Factory	Healdville	Building	1979
Danby Village Historic District	Danby	District	1983
Dean Covered Bridge	Brandon	Structure	1974
Depot Covered Bridge	Pittsford	Structure	1974
East Clarendon Railroad Station	Clarendon	Building	1999
East Poultney Historic District	East Poultney	District	1978
Fair Haven Green Historic District	Fair Haven	District	1980
Forestdale Iron Furnace	Brandon	Site	1974
Fort Vengeance Monument Site	Pittsford	Site	2006
Fox-Cook Farm	Wallingford	Building	1986
Gifford Woods State Park	Killington	District	2002
Gorham Covered Bridge	Proctor	Structure	1974
Green Mountain Cottage	Mount Holly	Building	2021
Hager Farm	Wallingford	Building	1986
Hall, Gen. Robinson, House	Wallingford	Building	1986
Hammond Covered Bridge	Pittsford	Structure	1974
Hosford-Sherman Farm	Poultney	District	1995
Hubbardton Battlefield	Hubbardton	Site	1971
Hubbardton Battlefield (Boundary Increase, Decrease, and Additional Documentation)	Hubbardton	Site	2018
Hulett Farm	Wallingford	Building	1986
Hyde's Hotel	Sudbury	Building	1980
Hydeville School	Castleton	Building	1978
Immaculate Heart of Mary School	Rutland City	Building	2020
Justsuitsus	Castleton	Building	2026
Kazon Building	West Rutland	Building	2004
Kidder, Asahel, House	Fair Haven	Building	1997
Kingsley Covered Bridge	East Clarendon	Structure	1974
Kingsley Grist Mill Historic District	Clarendon	District	2007
Laurel Glen Mausoleum-Laurel Hall	Shewsbury	Building	1998
Linden Terrace	Rutland	Building	2007
Longfellow School	Rutland	Building	1976
Marble Bridge	Proctor	Structure	1991
Marble Street Historic District	West Rutland	District	1990
Middletown Springs Historic District	Middletown Springs	District	1985
Mission of the Church of Our Savior	Sherburne	District	1992
Mountain View Stock Farm	Benson	District	1989
Palmer, Thomas H., House	Pittsford	Building	1978
Pawlet Town Hall	Pawlet	Building	1995
Perkins, Arthur, House	Rutland	Building	1988
Pittsford Green Historic District	Pittsford	Building	1982
Poultney Central School	Poultney	Building	1977
Poultney Main Street Historic District	Poultney	District	1988
Proctor-Clement House	Rutland	Building	1982
Rural Otter Creek Valley Historic District	Wallingford	District	1987
Rutland Courthouse Historic District	Rutland	District	1976
Rutland Downtown Historic District	Rutland	District	1980
Sanderson Covered Bridge	Brandon	Structure	1974
Scoville, Anthony, House	Mount Holly	Building	2007
Smith, Simeon, House	West Haven	Building	1983
Smith, Simeon, Mansion	West Haven	District	1991
St. Peter's Church and Mount St. Joseph Convent Complex	Rutland	Building	1980
St. Stanislaus Kostka School and Convent House	West Rutland	Building	2010
Sudbury Congregational Church	Sudbury	Building	1977
Sudbury School No. 3	Sudbury	Building	1978
Tinmouth Historic District	Tinmouth	District	1980
Waldo, Homer, Farm	Wallingford	Building	1986
Wallingford Main Street Historic District	Wallingford	District	1984
Watkins School	Rutland	Building	2014
Wells Village School	Wells	Building	1993
West Haven Baptist Church	West Haven	Building	2007
West Rutland Town Hall	West Rutland	Building	1983

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Rutland was formed in 1781 (1781-02-16) from Bennington.

RUTLAND created from BENNINGTON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Rutland County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
15,591	23,813	29,983	30,699	35,946	41,829	44,209	46,213	45,638	45,905	46,719	58,347	63,400	60,572

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

196 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 196 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Adams - Elbow Cemetery	43.56893	-73.39994
Allen Campbell Cemetery	None	None
Ames Cemetery	None	None
Anthony Family Cemetery	43.65284	-72.7676
Baird Cemetery	43.69058	-72.95411
Baker Cemetery	43.39392	-73.01442
Baker Foley Cemetery	None	None
Barden Cemetery	43.42976	-73.14197
Bardwell Cemetery	43.33135	-73.24317
Barnard Cemetery	None	None
Bartholomew Cemetery	None	None
Blackner - Hazelton Cemetery	43.30733	-73.09325
Blissville Cemetery	43.59267	-73.22894
Blossom Cemetery	43.4034	-73.23289
Bradley Family Cemetery	43.71967	-73.22078
Brandon Town Cemetery	43.79808	-73.08892
Briggs Cemetery	None	None
Broughton-Martin-Hidiway Cemetery	None	None
Brown O'Rourke Cemetery	None	None
Bullard Cemetery	None	None
Bump Cemetery	43.7602	-72.97681
Burton Cemetery	None	None
Calvary Cemetery	43.59729	-72.9865
Carlton Cemetery	43.38941	-72.80725
Carter Street Cemetery	43.71478	-73.3565
Carver Falls Cemetery	43.62645	-73.30039
Cavanaugh Cemetery	None	None
Cedar Grove Cemetery	43.58172	-73.26928
Center Cemetery	43.65301	-73.34682
Center Rutland Cemetery	43.60411	-73.00835
Cheney Hill Cemetery	43.66169	-72.99415
Church of Our Saviour Cemetery	43.61923	-72.75691
Clarendon Flats Cemetery	43.5185	-72.97192
Congregational Burial Yard	43.70833	-73.02813
Cook Cemetery	43.39452	-73.07461
Crampton Cemetery	43.46402	-73.04734
Crown Point Road Monument Cemetery	43.82696	-73.20873
Crystal Beach - Town Farm Cemetery	43.66042	-73.19045
Culver Cemetery	43.58679	-73.22672
Daniel Williams Grave	None	None
Darling-Rising Cemetery	43.47839	-73.06872
Davis Cemetery	None	None
Dillingham Cemetery	43.3484	-73.02705
Doty Cemetery	43.41868	-72.99427
East Clarenden Cemetery	43.52758	-72.9417
East Hubbardton Cemetery	43.69882	-73.14255
East Pittsford Cemetery	43.67435	-72.94359
East Poultney Cemetery	43.52779	-73.20088
East Wells Cemetery	43.42328	-73.14242
Edmunds Cemetery	43.51504	-73.02141
Eggelston Cemetery	43.66016	-72.89078
Evergreen Cemetery	43.60673	-73.00733
Evergreen Cemetery	43.70798	-73.01846
Fair View Cemetery	43.70715	-73.31612
Fifield Cemetery	43.57528	-73.21781
Finney Cemetery	None	None
Fiske Cemetery	None	None
Forestdale Cemetery	43.82365	-73.05889
Foster Hill Cemetery	None	None
Galick Farm Cemetery	None	None
Gardner-Sheldrick-Horton Cemetery	None	None
Gates Cemetery	43.59394	-73.2077
Gilbert - Cook - Goodrow Cemetery	43.78431	-73.05304
Greeley Cemetery	None	None
Green Family Cemetery	None	None
Green Hill Cemetery	43.46639	-72.97792
Hackett Dam Cemetery	43.63291	-73.3328
Hager-Bourne Cemetery	None	None
Hawkins Cemetery	None	None
Hill Cemetery	43.80279	-73.20317
Hill-Roberts Cemetery	43.40479	-72.99786
Hillside Cemetery	43.6123	-72.75234
Hillside Cemetery	43.6134	-73.18594
Hitchcock Cemetery	43.65297	-73.3239
Horton Cemetery	43.71006	-72.94844
Hortonville Cemetery	43.74865	-73.21907
Hortonville Cemetery	43.4653	-72.79515
Hosford Crossing Cemetery	43.56228	-73.22539
Hosford Tomb Plot	43.56758	-73.22629
Hubbardton North Cemetery	43.74855	-73.19082

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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