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About Proctor, Vermont 
Rutland County
*Area, Population and Density rankings above refer to Proctor's relative position among Vermont's 255 civic entities (9 cities, 242 towns, 4 gores and grants). Complete rankings are here.
Proctor is self-styled as "The Marble Capital of the United States," and rightly so. In fact, marble brought the town into being. After marble was discovered in the area, many companies tried quarrying. Most met with very little success, partly because they lacked knowledge and skill, partly because transportation was difficult, and partly because the quarrymen lacked adequate capital. After buying out several marble quarries and firms, a group of businessmen formed the Vermont Marble Company in 1880. The president of the new company was Redfield Proctor (1831-1908): Colonel of the 15th Vermont Regiment in the Civil War and Governor of Vermont from 1878 to 1880. Later, Secretary of War under President Benjamin Harrison (1889-93) and US Senator from Vermont for the last seventeen years of his life. Redfield was descended from Captain Leonard Proctor, who settled in Cavendish in 1780, and for whom the village of Proctorsville is named (which see, for Vermont's variation on the Hatfields and McCoys). The Redfield Proctors made their home in Sutherland Falls, a village which was half in Rutland and half in Pittsford. In 1882 the name of the village was changed to Proctor, in Redfield's honor. In 1886 the town of Proctor was created around the village by taking about 2,000 acres from each of the two towns.
Material excerpted or adapted from Esther Munroe Swift's
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Activities & Points of Interest
Goings-on in and near Proctor Vermont Marble Exhibit Wilson Castle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Contact Info Emergency Services (Statewide): 911
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Churches, Ministries, Charitables Roman Catholic : St. Dominic |
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Schools Rutland Central Supervisory Union 802-775-4342 |
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This is a basic geographic reference, intended to show relative location of adjacent towns. Directional accuracy is limited to 16 compass points. There isn't even the slightest suggestion that one can necessarily travel directly from one town to the next (as in "You can't get there from here").
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