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Place Name
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Rutland County
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Pronunciation
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RAHT-lind
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Rutland
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Population
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62,142 (1990)
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Location
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Vermont, United States, North America
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Latitude
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43°34'N
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Longitude
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73°02'W
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Rutland
(RAHT-lind), county (
944 sq mi/2,445 sq km; 1990 pop.
62,142), SW Vt., partly bounded W by L. Champlain and Taconic Mts., and
rising to Green Mts. in E;  Rutland; 43°34'N 73°02'W. Marble
and slate quarrying and finishing; agr. (dairying; fruit; poultry);
mfg. (wood prods., textiles, tools, machinery); lumber; maple sugar.
Mtn. and lake resorts, winter sports. Includes part of Green Mtn. Natl.
Forest and Killington Peak. Drained by Otter Creek and Castleton,
Poultney, and Clarendon rivers. Organized 1781.
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