Rutherford may refer to:

Places

Australia

Rutherford, New South Wales Rutherford is a suburb in the City of Maitland in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2016 census, Rutherford was home to almost 12,000 residents, making it one of the most populated suburbs. The suburb consists of mixed resi ...

, a suburb of Maitland * Rutherford (Parish), New South Wales, a civil parish of Yungnulgra County

Canada

* Mount Rutherford, Jasper National Park * Rutherford, Edmonton, neighbourhood * Rutherford House, in Edmonton, Alberta * Rutherford Library, University of Alberta

United Kingdom

* Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire

United States

Rutherford, California Rutherford is a census-designated place (CDP) in Napa County, California, United States. The population was 115 at the 2020 census. Rutherford is located in the Rutherford AVA (American Viticultural Area) which is located in the larger Napa ...

, in Napa County *

East Rutherford, New Jersey East Rutherford is a Borough (New Jersey), borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is an inner suburb, inner-ring suburb of New York City, located west of Midtown Manhattan. As of the 2020 Unit ...

Rutherford, New Jersey Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 18,834, an increase of 773 (+4.3%) from the 2010 census count of 18,061, which in turn reflected a de ...

* Rutherford, Pennsylvania * Rutherford, West Virginia *

Rutherford County, North Carolina Rutherford County is a County (United States), county in the southwestern area of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 64,444. Its county seat is Rutherfordton, North Carolina, R ...

Rutherford County, Tennessee Rutherford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is located in Middle Tennessee. As of a 2023 estimate, the population was 367,101, making it the fifth-most populous county in Tennessee. A study conducted by the Univer ...

People

* Rutherford (name), people with the surname or given name

Fiction

* Rutherford the Brave, a character from Gamehendge, the fictional setting for a number of songs by the rock band Phish * Rutherford, Ohio, fictional setting of the television series ''

3rd Rock from the Sun ''3rd Rock from the Sun'' is an American television sitcom created by Bonnie and Terry Turner, which originally aired from January 9, 1996, to May 22, 2001, on NBC. The show is about four Extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrials who are on an e ...

'' * Cullen Stanton Rutherford, a character from the ''

Dragon Age ''Dragon Age'' is a media franchise centered on a series of fantasy role-playing video games created and developed by BioWare, which have seen releases on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation ...

'' franchise * Ensign Sam Rutherford, a major character in '' Star Trek: Lower Decks'' * Rutherford Hall, fictional setting in the detective novel '' 4:50 from Paddington''

Transportation

* Rutherford GO Station, a station in the GO Transit network located in the community of Maple, Ontario, Canada * Rutherford Intermodal Yard, a large rail yard located in Swatara Township, Dauphin County, just east of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania * Rutherford (NJT station), a train station on New Jersey Transit's Bergen County Line * , a British frigate in commission in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1945

Science

Rutherford (unit) The rutherford (symbol Rd) is a non-SI unit of radioactive decay. It is defined as the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one million nuclei decay per second. It is therefore equivalent to one megabecquerel, and one becquer ...

, a unit of radioactivity *

Rutherford scattering The Rutherford scattering experiments were a landmark series of experiments by which scientists learned that every atom has a Atomic nucleus, nucleus where all of its positive charge and most of its mass is concentrated. They deduced this after ...

, a phenomenon in physics which led to the development of the Rutherford model (or planetary model) of the atom and eventually to the Bohr model * Rutherford (lunar crater), a small impact crater on the Moons far side * Rutherford (Martian crater), a crater on Mars

Economics

* R & I.S. Rutherford Brothers of St John's, issued the first traders' Halfpenny tokens for Newfoundland in 1841

Education

* Rutherford College (disambiguation), more than one college * Rutherford High School (disambiguation), several schools * Rutherford School (disambiguation), several schools

Other uses

* Rutherford Institute, a public interest law firm and resource center in Charlottesville, Virginia * '' The Rutherford Journal'', an academic journal *

Rutherford (rocket engine) Rutherford is a liquid-fuel rocket, liquid-propellant rocket engine designed by aerospace company Rocket Lab and manufactured in Long Beach, California. The engine is used on the company's own rocket, Electron (rocket), Electron. It uses LOX (li ...

, a rocket engine developed by Rocket Lab * Rutherford statistical area in Nelson, New Zealand