The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusRutledge is a village in Scotland County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 86. The surrounding area is also the home to three intentional communities: Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, a growing ecovillage on 280 acres (1.1 km2) of rolling land, Sandhill Farm in unincorporated Sand Hill, Missouri, and Red Earth Farms. A post office called Rutledge has been in operation since 1888. The community has the name of one Mr. Rutledge, a land agent.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 109 to 86 (-21%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Rutledge yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Rutledge’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rutledge’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Rutledge, decade by decade
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1 historic place in Rutledge
1 place in Rutledge is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.