Rutland-5-1 Vermont Representative District, 2002–2012

The Rutland 5 1 Representative District is a one member state Representative district in the U. S. state of Vermont. It is one of the 108 one or two member districts into which the state was divided by the redistricting and reapportionment plan developed by the Vermont General Assembly following the 2000 U. S. Census. The plan applies to legislatures elected in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010. A new plan will be developed in 2012 following the 2010 U. S. Census. The Rutland 5 1 District includes a section of the Rutland County city of Rutland defined as follows:

That portion of the City of Rutland encompassed within a boundary beginning at the point where the boundary line of Rutland City and Rutland Town intersects with Lincoln Avenue, then southerly along the east side of the centerline of Lincoln Avenue to the intersection of West Street, then easterly along the north side of the centerline of West Street across North Main Street, then easterly along the north side of Terrill Street to the intersection of Lafayette Street, then southerly along the east side of the centerline of Lafayette Street to the intersection of Easterly Avenue, then easterly along the north side of Easterly Avenue to the intersection of Easterly Avenue and Piedmont Drive, then easterly along the north side of the centerline of Piedmont Drive to the intersection of Piedmont Drive and Piedmont Parkway, then easterly along the centerline of Piedmont Parkway to the intersection of Piedmont Parkway and Stratton Road, then southerly along the easterly side of the centerline of Stratton Road to the intersection of Stratton Road and Killington Avenue, then easterly along the north side of the centerline of Killington Avenue, including both sides of Grandview Terrace, to the boundary between Rutland City and Rutland Town, then northerly following the boundary line to its intersection with Gleason Road, then westerly along the south side of the centerline of Gleason Road to Woodstock Avenue, then following the boundary line back to the point of beginning.|Vermont Statutes, Title 17, Chapter 34, Section 1893a

The rest of the city of Rutland is in Rutland 5 2, Rutland 5 3, and Rutland 5 4. As of the 2000 census, the state as a whole had a population of 608,827. As there are a total of 150 representatives, there were 4,059 residents per representative (or 8,118 residents per two representatives). The one member Rutland 5 1 District had a population of 4,306 in that same census, 6.09% above the state average.

Christopher C. Louras, Republican