Rutherford is an
unincorporated community in
Fairfax County,
Virginia,
United States.
It lies South of
Virginia State Highway 236 (a.k.a. Little River Turnpike), North of
Virginia State Route 620 (Fairfax and Loudoun Counties) (a.k.a. Braddock Road), East of Olley Lane, and West of Guinea Road. This is west of
Annandale, east of the independent city of
Fairfax
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* Fairfax, California
* Fairfax Avenue, a major thoroughfare in Los Angeles, California
* Fairfax District, Los Angeles, California, centered on Fairfax Avenue
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.
Rutherford Park Rutherford may refer to:
Places Australia
* Rutherford, New South Wales, a suburb of Maitland
* Rutherford (Parish), New South Wales, a civil parish of Yungnulgra County
Canada
* Mount Rutherford, Jasper National Park
* Rutherford, Edmonton ...
,
Rutherford Area Swim Club and
Fairfax County Public Schools Little Run
Elementary School
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are located in the community. Other parks are located nearby, including
Long Branch Stream Valley Park
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to the south,
Daniels Run Park to the west and
Woodburn Road Park and
Accotink Stream Valley Park Accotink refers to multiple placenames and geological features within the U.S. state of Virginia.
* Accotink, Virginia
* Accotink Bay
* Accotink Bay Wildlife Refuge
* Accotink Creek
* Lake Accotink
Lake Accotink is a reservoir in North Springf ...
to the northeast.
The Rutherford community consists of approximately 700 homes.
Notable landmarks
To the east lies
Northern Virginia Community College Annandale Campus. To the northwest is
Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School and
Robert Frost Middle School.
Churches of note include St Matthews
United Methodist Church, Highview Christian Fellowship, Providence
Presbyterian Church, Barcroft
Bible Church, Fairfax
Seventh-day Adventist Church and Bethlehem
Lutheran Church. The
Jewish Community Centre of Northern Virginia also lies to the north.
References
Unincorporated communities in Fairfax County, Virginia
Unincorporated communities in Virginia
Washington metropolitan area
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