West Rutland

West Rutland
Town Hall, West Rutland
Location in Vermont
West Rutland
Basic data
Foundation :	November 19, 1886
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Rutland County
Coordinates :	43 ° 36 ′  N , 73 ° 3 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 36 ′  N , 73 ° 3 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	2,326 (as of 2010)
Population density :	49.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	46.6 km 2  (approx. 18 mi 2 ) of which 46.6 km 2  (approx. 18 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	149 m
Postal code :	05777
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-82300
GNIS ID :	1462256

West Rutland is a town in Rutland County of the state of Vermont in the United States with a population of 2,326 (according to the 2010 census).

geography

Geographical location

West Rutland is centrally located in Rutland County, in the Green Mountains . Otter Creek flows east of the town . In the northeast the Whipple Hollow Wildlife Management Area protrudes into the town and in the northwest is the West Rutland State Forest. Several streams drain into Otter Creek, mostly in a north-south direction and finally at the level of Village West Rutland to the east into Otter Creek.

Neighboring communities

All distances are given as straight lines between the official coordinates of the places from the 2010 census.

• North: Pittsford , 2.1 miles
• East: Proctor , 1.9 miles
• East: Rutland Town , 7.5 mi
• Southeast: Clarendon , 5.4 mi
• Southwest: Ira , 4.2 km
• West: Castleton , 7.2 mi

climate

The mean mean temperature in West Rutland is between −7.2 ° C (19 ° Fahrenheit ) in January and 20.6 ° C (69 ° Fahrenheit) in July. This means that the place is around 9 degrees cooler than the long-term average in the USA. The snowfall between mid-October and mid-May is more than two meters, about twice as high as the average snow depth in the USA. The daily sunshine duration is at the lower end of the range of values ​​in the USA, between September and mid-December it is even significantly lower.

history

West Rutland emerged from the Village West Rutland , the only village west of the Otter Creek, the Town Rutland. Rutland was founded in 1761 by Benning Wentworth .

Marble quarry in West Rutland

After it was discovered in the 1830s that West Hill was made of high quality marble and that mining and transport to customers were significantly improved by the development of a railroad in 1851, more than 20 marble quarries settled in the Village West Rutland. The marble industry became the economic base of West Rutland. At the end of the 1880s, residents became increasingly dissatisfied with Rutland's political administration and on November 19, 1886, West Rutland was separated from Rutland and the independent town of West Rutland was established. The first city assembly took place on March 1, 1887. In 1909 West Rutland's Town Hall was built.

A horse-drawn tram started operating in 1886. The routes ran along Main Street and Marble Street. The cars were converted to electric drive in the 1890s and later the route was extended to Castleton Lake, Fair Haven and Poultney. The routes were abandoned in 1924 when more and more cars were used.

West Rutland High School

After a fire in 1891, a fire department was established. A major fire destroyed many buildings on Marbel Street in 1903. In 1928, another major fire destroyed the Elementary School on Main Street. The building was rebuilt in 1929 and expanded into a school with elementary and high school classes.

The marble industry developed a wetland in West Rutland. The water and sand used to polish the marble blocks sanded up a small stream and it expanded into a swampy wetland.

Religions

When the independent town of West Rutland was founded in 1886, there were six parishes in the town area, four Protestant and two Catholic parishes.

Population development

Census Results - Town of West Rutlan, Vermont
year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents									2379	3680
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	2914	3427	3391	3421	2922	2487	2302	2381	2351	2448
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	2535	2326

Culture and sights

Buildings

St. Stanislaus Kostka School and Convent House

The buildings of the denominational St. Stanislaus Kostka School, a brick building and the house of the Convent of the Sisters of St. Franziskus, a timber frame house with a slate roof, north of the school house were jointly listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The US Highway 4 runs in an east-west direction centrally through the Town of Castleton through the northern part of Ira and West Rutland to Rutland. To the south, Vermont State Route 133 runs from West Rutland to Ira. The Whitehall – Rutland railway runs from Whitehall with a stop in West Rutland to Rutland, initially as a freight line, which was renovated in 1990 and since then passenger trains have connected New York and Rutland.

Public facilities

West Rutland does not have its own hospital. The closest hospital is the Rutland Regional Medical Center in Rutland .

education

West Rutland is part of the Rutland Central Supervisory Union . West Rutland is home to the West Rutland School , with classes from kindergarten through 12th grade.

The West Rutland Free Library is located on Main Street in West Rutland.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Harvey H. Johnson (1808-1896), politician
• Peter J. Hincks (1883–1968), politician and Vermont State Treasurer

Web links

Commons : West Rutland, Vermont  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

• Profile of the municipality on the official portal www.Vermont.gov
• Entry on VirtualVermont (English) ( Memento from November 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ West Rutland in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed February 23, 2017
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Coordinates of the locations of the Census Authority 2010
4. ↑ West Rutland, Vermont (VT 05777) profile: population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, news, sex offenders. In: city-data.com. www.city-data.com, accessed on February 23, 2017 (English). 
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e} West Rutland Town Plan 2012 , accessed February 23, 2017
6. ^ ^{A b} West Rutland, Vermont, New England, USA. In: virtualvermont.com. Retrieved February 23, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Population 1880–2010 according to census results
8. ^ West Rutland School. In: rcsu.org. wrs.rcsu.org, accessed February 23, 2017 . 
9. ^ West Rutland Free Library. In: westrutlandfreelibrary.com. West Rutland Free Library, accessed February 23, 2017 .