Historical U.S. Census totals for Rutland County, Vermont

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 back 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.

Corporate changes since 1900

*1999 – Sherburne changed its name to Killington

1900

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

1910

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

1920

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

1930

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

1940

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

1950

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

1960

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

1970

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

1980

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

1990

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

2000

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

Villages

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

ee also

*United States Census
*Rutland County, Vermont