Rutherford

Rutherford may refer to:

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