The story so far
from the U.S. CensusIts population held steady between the last two censuses: 163 people in 2010, 163 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1943.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Rutland yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rutland’s history is told.
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Rutland, decade by decade
Before
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Rutland is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Rutland has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Sargent County Courthouse in Forman, 7.2 miles away.
Rutland and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Rutland
Sargent County CourthouseForman · Building7.2mi
Palestine Evangelical Lutheran ChurchVeblen · Building14.8miSt. Alban's Episcopal ChurchLidgerwood · Building17.4mi
William T. and Rebecca Glendenning HouseBritton · Queen Anne · Built 190621.3mi
Britton Clinic and HospitalBritton · Romanesque Revival · Built 192821.4miHow a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Sargent County Courthouse’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Rutland?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Rutland’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
From Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.