This article shows U.S. Census totals for Rutland County, Vermont, broken down by municipality, from 1900 to 2000.
Like most areas of New England, Rutland County is (and has been at all times since well before the 20th century) entirely divided into incorporated municipalities. There is no unincorporated territory.
There are three types of incorporated municipalities in Vermont: towns, cities and villages. As in the other New England states, towns are the basic unit of municipal government. Cities are independent of and equivalent to towns, but differ in their form of government. Villages overlay towns and assume responsibility for some municipal services within their boundaries. Incorporated villages are not found in any of the other New England states, and are less common in Vermont today than they have been in the past. A number of villages have disincorporated over the years, choosing to revert to full town control; most of those that remain are very small.
It is possible for a village to become a city, in which case it becomes a completely separate municipality from its original parent town. Many of Vermont’s current cities are former villages (unlike the other New England states where cities are almost invariably former towns). If a village bearing the same name as its parent town becomes a city, the result is an adjacent town and city that have the same name but are completely separate municipalities. There is one such example in Rutland County. The present-day city of Rutland was originally an incorporated village within the town of Rutland. When the village became a city, however, it ceased to be part of the town, and the town and city are now two distinct municipalities with no overlap or relationship to one another.
The main tables below show municipalities at the town level, differentiating between towns and cities. For any census, adding up the totals for each town-level municipality should yield the county total. A separate section follows with population totals for villages from 1930 to 2000.
For more information on the New England municipal system, see New England town.
1999 – Sherburne changed its name to Killington
County Total: 44,209
Rutland (city) 11,499
Poultney 3,108
Fair Haven 2,999
West Rutland 2,914
Brandon 2,759
Proctor 2,136
Castleton 2,089
Pittsford 1,866
Pawlet 1,731
Wallingford 1,575
Rutland [town] 1,109
Mount Holly 999
Danby 964
Shrewsbury 935
Clarendon 915
Benson 844
Middletown Springs 746
Chittenden 621
Wells 606
Mount Tabor 494
Hubbardton 488
Sudbury 474
Pittsfield 435
Tinmouth 404
Sherburne 402
Mendon 392
West Haven 355
Ira 350
County Total: 48,139
Rutland (city) 13,546
Poultney 3,644
West Rutland 3,427
Fair Haven 3,095
Proctor 2,871
Brandon 2,712
Pittsford 2,479
Pawlet 1,959
Castleton 1,885
Wallingford 1,719
Rutland [town] 1,311
Danby 1,001
Mount Holly 871
Clarendon 857
Benson 813
Shrewsbury 751
Middletown Springs 716
Wells 569
Chittenden 563
Hubbardton 455
Sudbury 415
Tinmouth 410
Sherburne 409
Pittsfield 402
West Haven 363
Mendon 321
Mount Tabor 289
Ira 286
County Total: 46,213
Rutland (city) 14,954
West Rutland 3,391
Brandon 2,874
Poultney 2,868
Proctor 2,789
Fair Haven 2,540
Pittsford 2,098
Castleton 1,919
Wallingford 1,581
Pawlet 1,413
Rutland [town] 1,270
Danby 1,007
Mount Holly 856
Clarendon 826
Benson 807
Shrewsbury 620
Middletown Springs 567
Wells 521
Chittenden 472
Sudbury 417
Tinmouth 349
Pittsfield 343
West Haven 343
Sherburne 336
Hubbardton 328
Ira 295
Mendon 264
Mount Tabor 165
County Total: 48,453
Rutland (city) 17,315
West Rutland 3,421
Poultney 3,215
Brandon 2,891
Fair Haven 2,614
Proctor 2,596
Pittsford 2,332
Castleton 1,794
Wallingford 1,564
Pawlet 1,476
Rutland [town] 1,387
Danby 1,070
Clarendon 883
Mount Holly 727
Benson 636
Middletown Springs 583
Shrewsbury 540
Wells 515
Sudbury 361
Chittenden 341
Tinmouth 340
Hubbardton 307
Sherburne 298
Ira 287
West Haven 280
Pittsfield 256
Mendon 251
Mount Tabor 173
County Total: 45,638
Rutland (city) 17,082
Brandon 2,979
West Rutland 2,922
Poultney 2,781
Proctor 2,292
Fair Haven 2,245
Pittsford 2,093
Castleton 1,601
Wallingford 1,450
Rutland [town] 1,350
Pawlet 1,192
Danby 1,112
Clarendon 868
Mount Holly 656
Benson 572
Shrewsbury 537
Middletown Springs 493
Wells 420
Chittenden 379
Hubbardton 346
Tinmouth 346
Sudbury 321
Mendon 313
West Haven 302
Sherburne 266
Pittsfield 259
Ira 248
Mount Tabor 213
County Total: 45,905
Rutland (city) 17,659
Brandon 3,304
Poultney 2,936
West Rutland 2,487
Fair Haven 2,286
Pittsford 2,076
Proctor 1,917
Castleton 1,748
Wallingford 1,482
Rutland [town] 1,416
Pawlet 1,156
Clarendon 1,102
Danby 990
Benson 573
Mount Holly 567
Middletown Springs 496
Wells 487
Shrewsbury 464
Chittenden 424
Mendon 334
Hubbardton 332
Sherburne 283
Sudbury 263
Tinmouth 248
Ira 232
West Haven 232
Pittsfield 225
Mount Tabor 186
County Total: 46,719
Rutland (city) 18,325
Brandon 3,329
Poultney 3,009
Fair Haven 2,378
West Rutland 2,302
Pittsford 2,225
Proctor 2,102
Castleton 1,902
Rutland [town] 1,542
Wallingford 1,439
Pawlet 1,112
Clarendon 1,091
Danby 891
Benson 549
Mount Holly 517
Mendon 461
Chittenden 460
Shrewsbury 445
Wells 419
Middletown Springs 381
Sherburne 266
Pittsfield 254
Sudbury 249
Hubbardton 238
Tinmouth 228
Ira 220
West Haven 220
Mount Tabor 165
County Total: 52,637
Rutland (city) 19,293
Brandon 3,697
Poultney 3,217
Castleton 2,837
Fair Haven 2,777
West Rutland 2,381
Pittsford 2,306
Rutland [town] 2,248
Proctor 2,095
Wallingford 1,676
Clarendon 1,537
Pawlet 1,184
Danby 910
Mendon 743
Mount Holly 687
Chittenden 646
Benson 583
Shrewsbury 570
Wells 560
Sherburne 558
Middletown Springs 426
Ira 284
Tinmouth 268
Sudbury 253
Pittsfield 249
West Haven 240
Hubbardton 228
Mount Tabor 184
County Total: 58,347
Rutland (city) 18,436
Brandon 4,194
Castleton 3,637
Rutland [town] 3,300
Poultney 3,196
Fair Haven 2,819
Pittsford 2,590
Clarendon 2,372
West Rutland 2,351
Proctor 1,998
Wallingford 1,893
Pawlet 1,244
Mendon 1,056
Danby 992
Mount Holly 938
Chittenden 927
Sherburne 891
Shrewsbury 866
Wells 815
Benson 739
Middletown Springs 603
Hubbardton 490
Tinmouth 406
Pittsfield 396
Sudbury 380
Ira 354
West Haven 253
Mount Tabor 211
County Total: 62,142
Rutland (city) 18,230
Castleton 4,278
Brandon 4,223
Rutland [town] 3,781
Poultney 3,498
Pittsford 2,919
Fair Haven 2,887
Clarendon 2,835
West Rutland 2,448
Wallingford 2,184
Proctor 1,979
Pawlet 1,314
Danby 1,193
Shrewsbury 1,107
Chittenden 1,102
Mount Holly 1,093
Mendon 1,049
Wells 902
Benson 847
Sherburne 738
Middletown Springs 686
Hubbardton 576
Sudbury 516
Tinmouth 455
Ira 426
Pittsfield 389
West Haven 273
Mount Tabor 214
County Total: 63,400
Rutland (city) 17,292
Castleton 4,367
Rutland [town] 4,038
Brandon 3,917
Poultney 3,633
Pittsford 3,140
Fair Haven 2,928
Clarendon 2,811
West Rutland 2,535
Wallingford 2,274
Proctor 1,877
Pawlet 1,394
Danby 1,292
Mount Holly 1,241
Chittenden 1,182
Wells 1,121
Shrewsbury 1,108
Killington 1,095
Benson 1,039
Mendon 1,028
Middletown Springs 823
Hubbardton 752
Sudbury 583
Tinmouth 567
Ira 455
Pittsfield 427
West Haven 278
Mount Tabor 203
This section lists census totals for incorporated villages for 1930 through 2000.
As of 1930, Rutland County contained four incorporated villages:
The village of Fair Haven, within the town of the same name
The village of Pittsford, within the town of the same name
The village of Poultney (inc. 1908), within the town of the same name
The village of Proctor, within the town of the same name
Three of the villages have since disincorporated:
The village of Fair Haven disincorporated in 1955
The village of Proctor disincorporated in 1967
The village of Pittsford disincorporated in 1988
1930
Proctor 2,515
Fair Haven 2,289
Poultney 1,570
Pittsford 637
1940
Proctor 2,184
Fair Haven 1,968
Poultney 1,333
Pittsford 576
1950
Fair Haven 2,058
Proctor 1,813
Poultney 1,685
Pittsford 622
1960
Proctor 1,978
Poultney 1,810
Pittsford 671
1970
Poultney 1,914
Pittsford 682
1980
Poultney 1,554
Pittsford 666
1990
Poultney 1,731
2000
Poultney 1,575