Editing Rutland, Illinois (section)

== History ==
The village was founded as “New Rutland” in 1855 when approximately 200 members of the Vermont Emigration Association paid $10 each for a plot of land.<ref name="Rutland307">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZvHgwa-XImcC&dq=%22New+Rutland%22+Illinois&pg=PA307 | title=Placenames of Illinois | publisher=University of Illinois Press | author=Callary, Edward | year=2008 | pages=307 | isbn=9780252090707}}</ref><ref name="RutlandHistory" /> The original location of the town-site was exclusively within LaSalle county. However, an additional ten blocks of land were added October 20, 1856, located primarily in adjacent [[Marshall County, Illinois|Marshall County]].<ref name="RutlandHistory">{{cite web | url=http://marshall.illinoisgenweb.org/records/land/townships/towns/rutland.htm | title=Town of New Rutland: History | publisher=Marshall County IL GenWeb | work=Transcribed 04 Feb 2012 from History of Putnam and Marshall Counties, by Henry Allen Ford, 1860 | access-date=February 16, 2014 | author=Ford, Henry Allen}}</ref>

===2021 Village Hall Fire===
On the morning of October 15, 2021, a fire was reported across the street from the village's 100 block of Northwest Front Street. Fifteen fire departments responded, including Streator, along with multiple ambulances and law enforcement personal.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wglc.net/arson-suspected-in-multi-alarm-rutland-blaze | title=Arson suspected in multi-alarm Rutland blaze | publisher=WGLC}}</ref> The fire is currently being investaged as an arson attack.