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 Mount Rutherford is a mountain in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is part of the Northern Front Ranges of the Canadian Rockies. Its peak stands east of Harvey Lake and north of the Snaring River, a tributary of the Athabasca River. ...

, Jasper National Park * Rutherford, Edmonton, neighbourhood * Rutherford House, in Edmonton, Alberta *

Rutherford Library Rutherford Library is the first free-standing University of Alberta library, opened May 15, 1951, and named after the founder of the university, and long-time chancellor, Alexander Cameron Rutherford. Overview Rutherford Library was official ...

, University of Alberta

United Kingdom

* Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire

United States

* Rutherford, California, in Napa County *

East Rutherford, New Jersey East Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the borough's population was 10,022, reflecting an increase of 1,109 (+12.4%) from the 8,913 counted in the 2010 census.

* Rutherford, New Jersey *

Rutherford, Pennsylvania Rutherford is a census-designated place (CDP) in Swatara Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The area is also known as Rutherford Heights. The population was 4,303 at the 2010 census, an increase over the figure of 3,859 tabula ...

* Rutherford, Virginia * Rutherford, West Virginia *

Rutherford County, North Carolina Rutherford County is a county in the southwestern area of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 64,444. Its county seat is Rutherfordton. Rutherford County comprises the Forest City, NC Micropolitan St ...

Rutherford County, Tennessee Rutherford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is located in Middle Tennessee. As of the 2021 census, the population was 352,182, making it the fifth-most populous county in Tennessee. A study conducted by the Univers ...

People

Rutherford (name) The surname Rutherford, also Rutherfurd (disambiguation), Rutherfurd, is a Scottish and Northern English habitational surname deriving from a place in the Scottish borders region near Roxburgh. It is also a given name. Origin Rutherford is a Scottis ...

, people with the surname or given name ** Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937), 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, known as the father of nuclear physics ** Rutherford B. Hayes (1822–1893), 19th president of the United States (1877–1881)

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'' franchise * Ensign Sam Rutherford, a major character in ''

Star Trek: Lower Decks ''Star Trek: Lower Decks'' is an American adult-oriented animated television series created by Mike McMahan for the streaming service CBS All Access (later rebranded as Paramount+). It is the ninth ''Star Trek'' series and was launched in 2020 ...

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), a unit of radioactivity *

Rutherford scattering In particle physics, Rutherford scattering is the elastic scattering of charged particles by the Coulomb interaction. It is a physical phenomenon explained by Ernest Rutherford in 1911 that led to the development of the planetary Rutherford model ...

, 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), a rocket engine developed by Rocket Lab