Rutherford Map
Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 18,061. It is an inner-ring suburb of New York City, located 8 miles (13 km) west of Midtown Manhattan.
Rutherford was formed as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on September 21, 1881, from portions of Union Township, based on the results of a referendum held on the previous day.
Rutherford has been called the "Borough of Trees" and "The First Borough of Bergen County".
Nearby cities include East Rutherford, Carlstadt, Wallington, Tenafly, North Haledon.