Rutledge is a village in Scotland County, Missouri, United States.

[4] 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.

[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.13 square miles (0.34 km2), all land.

There were 25.0% of families and 43.8% of the population living below the poverty line, including 93.8% of under eighteens and 13.6% of those over 64.

Amtrak’s Southwest Chief, which operates between Los Angeles and Chicago, passes through the town on BNSF tracks, but makes no stop.

The nearest station is located in La Plata, 43 miles (69 km) to the southwest.