Rutland County, Vermont

Founding: 1781
Parent county: Bennington
Namesake: The city of Rutland
Seat: Tinmouth (1781–1784); Rutland (1784–)
Land area: 930 square miles
Population (2020): 60,572
Population (historic): 15,590 (1790); 30,699 (1840); 40,651 (1870); 44,209 (1900); 48,453 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1830; 1840–1890; 1900s; 1920s; 1940–2000
Subdivisions: One city; one village; 18 CDPs; 27 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 10,826 (31.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 81.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 36.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,133
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,684

Average farmhouse size (1940): 8.1 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 2,649
Average farm size (1920): 62.4 acres
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Rutland

 
Namesake: Rutland, Massachusetts
Founding: 1761 (founding); 1770 (settlement); 1784 (post office); 1892 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 15,807
Population (historic): 7,502 (1880); 11,499 (1900); 17,315 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1930; 1940–1970
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,217 (49.8%)
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