Rutland Travel Guide
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Rutland is a residential hill town which is the geographic center of
the Commonwealth, and also the highest town between the Berkshires and
the Atlantic. The town common is 1,200 feet above sea level. Rutland's
original lands of about 12 square miles were purchased from natives in
Natick's Indian Praying Town in 1686. Frontier hostilities delayed
settlement and the land wasn't finally cut up until 1714 when 62 lots
of 30 acres each were finally distributed. Settlers in Rutland came
from older eastern towns, like Boston, Lexington, Concord and Sudbury.
Part or or all of this text stems from the original article at: http://www.mass.info/rutland.ma/description.htm
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