Editing Rutland County, Vermont (section)

==History==
[[File:Castleton state college Woodruff Hall.jpg|thumb|[[Castleton University]] is located in [[Castleton, Vermont]] within Rutland County]]

During the Revolutionary War there were a number of forts and roads that went through the area now known as Rutland County. In [[Castleton, Vermont|Castleton]] there was [[Fort Warren (Vermont)|Fort Warren]] and a possible fort at Hydeville. In [[Pittsford, Vermont|Pittsford]] there was [[Fort Vengeance Monument Site|Fort Vengeance]] and [[Fort Mott (Vermont)|Fort Mott]]. And in Rutland there was [[Fort Ranger]]. The [[Hubbardton Military Road]] was a road built in 1775 for the American Revolution that went through the modern day towns of [[Benson, Vermont|Benson]], [[Hubbardton, Vermont|Hubbardton]] and [[Castleton, Vermont|Castleton]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wheeler |first=Joseph |title=The Mount Independence 1776 Military Road |publisher=J. L. Wheeler |year=1968 |edition=1st |location=Benson, Vermont |pages=94–95 |language=English}}</ref> The [[Crown Point Road]] (which was built in 1759 and used until 1783) goes through the modern day towns of [[Whiting, Vermont|Whiting]], [[Sudbury, Vermont|Sudbury]], [[Hubbardton, Vermont|Hubbardton]], [[Castleton, Vermont|Castleton]], [[Ira, Vermont|Ira]], [[Rutland (city), Vermont|Rutland]], [[Clarendon, Vermont|Clarendon]], [[Shrewsbury, Vermont|Shrewsbury]], [[Wallingford, Vermont|Wallingford]] and [[Mount Holly, Vermont|Mount Holly]] and extended all the way to [[Fort at Number 4]], [[Charlestown, New Hampshire|Charlestown]], [[New Hampshire]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=undefined |first=undefined |title=Crown Point Military Road |url=https://www.houfy.com/aleciaarmstrong/posts/crown-point-military-road-14631 |access-date=February 25, 2023 |website=Houfy |language=en-US}}</ref>

On February 16, 1781, Rutland County was created from [[Bennington County, Vermont|Bennington County]].<ref>Vermont State Papers, 13:5-6.</ref> From June 26, 1781, until February 23, 1782, Vermont attempted to annex part of New York east of the Hudson River (the so-called West Union); inhabitants in the area favored Vermont's township form of government, while Vermont hoped to gain bargaining power through expansion.<ref>Vt. State Papers, 13:45-46; Newton, 83-87; Williamson, C., 101-102.</ref> New York did not lose control of the area. For almost seven months Rutland County included part of Charlotte County (now [[Washington County, New York|Washington County]]), New York.<ref>Vt. State Papers, 3, pt. 2: 67-68.</ref>

In February 1783 [[Orange County, Vermont|Orange County]] gained the towns of [[Brookfield, Vermont|Brookfield]]<ref>Vt. State Papers, 13:174.</ref> and [[Randolph, Vermont|Randolph]]<ref>Vt. Laws 1783 in Vt. State Papers, 13: 191.</ref> and [[Windsor County, Vermont|Windsor County]] gained the towns of [[Bethel, Vermont|Bethel]]<ref>Vt. State Papers, 3, pt. 2:155.</ref> and [[Rochester, Vermont|Rochester]]<ref>Vt. State Papers, 13:183.</ref> from Rutland. On October 18, 1785, [[Addison County, Vermont|Addison County]] was created from Rutland.<ref>Vt. State Papers, 14:33-34.</ref>

On February 27, 1787, Windsor County gained the town of [[Stockbridge, Vermont|Stockbridge]] from Rutland,<ref>Vt. State Papers, 14:173-175.</ref> then on October 31, 1792, Rutland gained from Windsor County when the town of [[Mount Holly, Vermont|Mount Holly]] was created from Jackson's Gore and the towns of [[Ludlow (town), Vermont|Ludlow]] and [[Wallingford, Vermont|Wallingford]].<ref>Vt. State Papers, 15:88-90.</ref> Windsor County gained Benton's Gore from Rutland on March 2, 1797.<ref>McCarty, "Evolution," 122-123; Vt. Laws, Revised and Passed 1797, ch. 6/pp. 129-133.</ref>

On October 25, 1805, Rutland County gained from Bennington County when the town of [[Mount Tabor, Vermont|Mount Tabor]] gained from the town of [[Peru, Vermont|Peru]].<ref>McCarty, "Evolution," 134; Vt. Laws 1805, ch. 15/pp. 19-20.</ref> On October 29, 1806, Windsor County gained from Rutland County when the town of [[Rochester, Vermont|Rochester]] gained a small area from the town of [[Pittsfield, Vermont|Pittsfield]].<ref>Vt. Laws 1806, ch. 28/pp. 36-37.</ref> On November 15, 1813, the county gained from Windsor County when the town of Pittsfield gained a small area from the town of Stockbridge, a change too small to appear on maps.<ref>Vt. Laws 1813, ch. 102/p. 144.</ref> On November 9, 1814 [[Addison County, Vermont|Addison County]] gained from Rutland County when the town of [[Goshen, Vermont|Goshen]] gained from the town of Philadelphia.<ref>Vt. Laws 1814, ch. 96/pp. 111-112.</ref> On October 22, 1822, the county gained from Windsor County when the town of Pittsfield gained a small area from the town of Stockbridge.<ref>Vt. Laws 1822, ch. 37/p. 36.</ref> On November 3, 1823, it gained from Windsor County again when the town of [[Shrewsbury, Vermont|Shrewsbury]] gained a small area from the town of [[Plymouth, Vermont|Plymouth]].<ref>Vt. Laws 1823, ch. 2/pp. 3-4.</ref> On November 15, 1824, Windsor County gained from Rutland County when the town of Rochester gained a small area from the town of Pittsfield.<ref>Vt. Laws 1824, ch. 14/p. 16.</ref> On November 17, 1825, Bennington County gained from the county when the town of [[Dorset, Vermont|Dorset]] gained a small area from the town of Mount Tabor.<ref>McCarty, "Evolution," 140; Vt. Laws 1825, no 18/p. 25; Vt. Laws 1832, no. 25/p. 25.</ref>

On November 7, 1839, the Legislature authorized Addison County to gain a small area from Rutland County when the town of [[Whiting, Vermont|Whiting]] was to gain from the town of [[Orwell, Vermont|Orwell]]. But there is no evidence that a change took effect.<ref>Vt. Laws 1839, no. 37/pp. 87-88.</ref> Addison County gained the town of Orwell from Rutland County on December 1, 1847.<ref>Vt. Laws 1847, no. 8/p. 7.</ref> On March 6, 1855, Addison County gained another small area from the county when the town of Goshen gained "Clemens Land" from the town of [[Brandon, Vermont|Brandon]].<ref>Vt. Laws 1854, no. 61, sec. 3/p. 59.</ref>

On November 10, 1870, the Legislature authorized Rutland County to gain a small area from Windsor County when the town of Mount Holly was to gain from the town of [[Weston, Vermont|Weston]]. But there is no evidence that the change took effect.<ref>Vt. Laws 1870, no. 292/pp. 572-573.</ref> On April 7, 1880, the county lost to Washington County, New York, when New York gained a small area west of the village of [[Fair Haven, Vermont|Fair Haven]] from Vermont due to a change in the course of the [[Poultney River]], a change too small to see on most maps.<ref>Vt. Laws 1876, no. 201/p. 380; U.S. Stat., vol. 21, ch. 49 [1880]/p. 72; Van Zandt, 65.</ref> On November 21, 1884, Windsor County gained a small area from Rutland County when the town of Stockbridge gained Parker's Gore.<ref>Vt. Laws 1884, no. 262/p. 270.</ref> On October 8, 1895, Windsor County gained from the county when the town of Weston gained from the town of Mount Tabor.<ref>"Weston v. Mount Tabor."</ref>

The county experienced the first [[Disease outbreak|outbreak]] of [[polio]] in the United States in 1894. Within weeks, 132 persons, mostly children, were paralyzed. An additional 18 had died.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dhruv Khullar |date=September 8, 2020 |title=It Will Take More Than a Vaccine to Beat COVID-19 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/science/medical-dispatch/the-state-of-the-fight-against-covid-19 |access-date=September 9, 2020 |website=New Yorker |publisher=New Yorker}}</ref>