Rutland City

Rutland is a city in and the shire town (county seat) of Rutland County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 17,292. Rutland is located approximately 65 miles (105 km) north of Massachusetts and 20 miles (32 km) east of New York state. Rutland is the second largest city in Vermont. It is completely surrounded by the town of Rutland, which is a separate municipality. The downtown area of the city is li... more

Rutland is a city in and the shire town (county seat) of Rutland County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 17,292. Rutland is located approximately 65 miles (105 km) north of Massachusetts and 20 miles (32 km) east of New York state. Rutland is the second largest city in Vermont. It is completely surrounded by the town of Rutland, which is a separate municipality. The downtown area of the city is listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places. It began on Otter Creek in the early 1800s as a small hamlet called Mill Village in Rutland, the surrounding town named by Governor Benning Wentworth in 1761 after John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland. In the early 19th century, small high-quality marble deposits were discovered in Rutland, and in the 1830s a large deposit of nearly solid marble was found in what is now West Rutland. By the 1840s, small firms had begun excavations, but marble quarries proved profitable only... less