RUTLAND HISTORY
Center Street
Rutland History Rutland's History Rutland was settled in 1761 and by 1774 there were 35 families. The first grantee of the township charter was from Rutland, MA. The city was incorporated in 1882 and by the early 1900's had a population of 16,000. Rutland City was a prosperous community in the mid to late 1800's, with many fine Victorian homes of the era still standing behind the park between Route 7 and the downtown area. Many buildings facing Merchants Row and Center Street are noted on the National Register of Historic Places.
Maps
Old Street Maps Attached Document or Files
Sanborn Insurance Maps
Sanborn Insurance Maps are maps of municipalities throughout the United States that were produced primarily for the benefit of property insurance companies. These maps show buildings in the more developed areas of the communities with information that would be of interest to the insurers. Rutland was among the earliest municipalities to be mapped (in 1879). The City Engineers Office has copies of the Rutland Maps for the years 1879, 1885, 1890, 1895, 1900, 1905, 1910, 1916 and 1925. The Sanborn Maps created after 1925 are copyrighted and available from the Sanborn Company. Maps produced before 1926 are not copyrighted. Digital copies of the earlier Sanborn Maps for communities throughout the United States are available from www.utahice.com/sanborn.htm Click on the heading "Sanborn Insurance Maps" above to see the 1879 maps. (Adobe Acrobat Reader required.)
Historic Vermont USGS Maps Historic USGS topo maps of New England and New York (including Rutland) are viewable on line at: http://docs.unh.edu/
History Links
Rutland, VT, History and Genealogy
