Rutland
a city and county-seat of Rutland co., Vt.; on Otter creek, and on the Rutland, the Delaware and Hudson, the Central Vermont, and the Bennington and Rutland railroads; 50 miles S. W. of Montpelier. Here are an English and Classical Institute, the Baxter Memorial Reference Library, Rutland Free Library, State House of Correction, city hospital, court house, United States Government building, the first State Capitol (built in 1784), a State penitentiary; waterworks, street railroad and electric light plants, National and savings banks, and several daily and weekly newspapers. It is in a region rich in limestone, and marble has been quarried here since 1830. West Rutland, which was set off from Rutland in 1886, is the center of the marble interest.
Besides its marble industry, Rutland has extensive scale works, iron works, and shirt and school furniture factories. In 1784-1804 Rutland was one of the State capitals. During the Revolutionary War it was on the frontier. Pop. (1910) 13,- 546; (1920) 14,954.