Rutledge, Missouri
Rutledge, Missouri | |
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Post office | |
Location of Rutledge, Missouri | |
| Coordinates: 40°18′50″N 92°5′15″W / 40.31389°N 92.08750°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Scotland |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.13 sq mi (0.34 km2) |
| • Land | 0.13 sq mi (0.34 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 768 ft (234 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 86 |
| • Density | 647.9/sq mi (250.17/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 63563 |
| Area code | 660 |
| FIPS code | 29-63776 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2396896 |
Rutledge is a village in Scotland County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 86.
The surrounding area is also the home to three intentional communities: Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, a growing ecovillage on 280 acres (1.1 km2) of rolling land, Sandhill Farm in unincorporated Sand Hill, Missouri, and Red Earth Farms.
A post office called Rutledge has been in operation since 1888. The community has the name of one Mr. Rutledge, a land agent.