Rutland, Ohio

Rutland is a village in Meigs County, Ohio, United States. The population was 393 at the 2010 census.GeographyRutland is located at . The village lies in the Appalachian Plateau physiographic region. It is situated in a wide valley along Little Leading Creek. The village is plagued by frequent flash floods, often causing road and school closures. The surrounding hills, once containing profitable amounts of bituminous coal, have been subjected to strip mining throughout the early and mid 1900s. Currently, there are no mining operations in the area. Acid mine drainage has been found seeping out some of the abandoned mines and has negatively impacted water quality in the Little Leading Creek watershed. Rutland is the only village in Meigs County not located on the Ohio River.According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.83sqmi, all land.Demographics2010 censusAs of the census of 2010, there were 393 people, 161 households, and 115 families residing in the village. The population density was 473.5PD/sqmi. There were 189 housing units at an average density of 227.7/sqmi. The racial makeup of the village was 98.7% White, 0.3% from other races, and 1.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.0% of the population.