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 res ...

, a suburb of Maitland *

Rutherford (Parish), New South Wales Rutherford Parish, New South Wales in Central Darling Shire is a remote rural locality and Lands administrative divisions of Australia, civil parish of Yungnulgra County in far North West New South Wales. The Parish has an arid landscape and t ...

, a civil parish of Yungnulgra County

Canada

* Mount Rutherford, Jasper National Park *

Rutherford, Edmonton Rutherford is a neighbourhood in south Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is named after Alexander Cameron Rutherford, Alberta's first premier. According to the 2005 municipal census, approximately 85% of the residences in the neighbourhood are singl ...

, neighbourhood * Rutherford House, in Edmonton, Alberta * Rutherford Library, University of Alberta

United Kingdom

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) is one of the national scientific research laboratories in the UK operated by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). It began as the Rutherford High Energy Laboratory, merged with the Atlas ...

, Oxfordshire

United States

Rutherford, California Rutherford is a census-designated place (CDP) in Napa County, California, United States. The population was 164 at the 2010 census. Rutherford is located in the Rutherford AVA (American Viticultural Area) which is located in the larger Napa Valle ...

, in Napa County * East Rutherford, New Jersey *

Rutherford, New Jersey Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the borough's population was 18,834. Rutherford was formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on September 21, 1881, fr ...

* Rutherford, Pennsylvania * Rutherford, Virginia * Rutherford, West Virginia * Rutherford County, North Carolina * Rutherford County, Tennessee

People

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

Ernest Rutherford Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, (30 August 1871 – 19 October 1937) was a New Zealand physicist who came to be known as the father of nuclear physics. ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' considers him to be the greatest ...

(1871–1937), 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, known as the father of nuclear physics **

Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford Birchard Hayes (; October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 19th president of the United States from 1877 to 1881, after serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and as governo ...

(1822–1893), 19th president of the United States (1877–1881)

Fiction

* Rutherford the Brave, a character from

Gamehendge Gamehendge is the fictional setting for a number of songs by the rock band Phish. Most of the songs can be traced back to '' The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday'' (or TMWSIY), the senior project of guitarist and primary vocalist Trey Anastasio, writt ...

, 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'' * 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, and Xbox One. The fra ...

'' franchise * Ensign Sam Rutherford, a major character in '' Star Trek: Lower Decks''

Transportation

Rutherford GO Station Rutherford GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. It is a stop on the Barrie line train service. This station was opened in January 2001 to accommodate the growing ridership on the ...

, a station in the GO Transit network located in the community of Maple, Ontario, Canada *

Rutherford Intermodal Yard Rutherford Intermodal Yard is a large rail yard located in Swatara Township, Dauphin County, just east of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. History The yard was formerly operated by the Reading Railroad and later Conrail. Ownership was transferred from ...

, a large rail yard located in Swatara Township, Dauphin County, just east of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania *

Rutherford (NJT station) Rutherford is a New Jersey Transit railroad station served by the Bergen County Line. The station straddles the border between Rutherford and East Rutherford in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The station building and Hoboken Termina ...

, 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 becquerel ...

, a unit of radioactivity * Rutherford scattering, 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) Rutherford is a small lunar impact crater that lies on the Moon's far side. It was named after New Zealand-British physicist and Nobel laureate Ernest Rutherford. It is located just to the north-northwest of the huge walled plain Mendeleev. To ...

, a small impact crater on the Moons far side *

Rutherford (Martian crater) Rutherford is an impact crater on Mars. It is located the Oxia Palus quadrangle inside Arabia Terra at 19.2° N and 10.7° W. and measures approximately 107 kilometers in diameter. The crater was named after British physicist Ernest Rutherford in ...

, 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) Rutherford College may refer to: * Rutherford College, North Carolina, Burke County, North Carolina, United States * Rutherford College of Technology, predecessor of Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom * Rutherford Colleg ...

, more than one college *

Rutherford High School (disambiguation) Rutherford High School may refer to: *Rutherford High School (New Jersey), Rutherford, New Jersey, United States *Rutherford High School (Florida), Springfield, Florida, United States *Rutherford Technology High School, Maitland, New South Wales, A ...

, several schools *

Rutherford School (disambiguation) Rutherford School is an independent special school for pupils with profound and multiple learning difficulties in Croydon, London, England. Rutherford School may also refer to: *Rutherford School, Paddington, London, England, a secondary modern/co ...

, several schools

Other uses

Rutherford Institute The Rutherford Institute is a conservative Christian public interest law firm dedicated to the defense of civil liberties, human rights, and religious liberties. Based in Charlottesville, Virginia, the non-profit organization's motto is "its ...

, a public interest law firm and resource center in Charlottesville, Virginia * ''

The Rutherford Journal Brian John Copeland (born 1950) is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, and author of books on the computing pioneer Alan Turing. Education Copeland was educated at the University of Oxford, obta ...

'', an academic journal *

Rutherford (rocket engine) Rutherford is a 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. It uses LOX (liquid oxygen) and RP-1 (refined kerose ...

, a rocket engine developed by Rocket Lab