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

United Kingdom

• Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire

United States

• Rutherford, California, in Napa County
• East Rutherford, New Jersey
• Rutherford, New Jersey
• Rutherford, Pennsylvania
• Rutherford, West Virginia
• Rutherford County, North Carolina
• Rutherford County, Tennessee

People

• Rutherford (name), 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
• Cullen Stanton Rutherford, a character from the Dragon Age franchise

• Ensign Sam Rutherford, a major character in Star Trek: Lower Decks

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
• HMS Rutherford (K558), a British frigate in commission in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1945

Science

• Rutherford (unit), 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), a small impact crater on the Moon's 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
• Rutherford statistical area in Nelson, New Zealand

See also

• John Rutherfoord
• Rutherfurd (disambiguation)

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