Rutherford, New Jersey
Rutherford, New Jersey | |
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The ‘Welcome to Rutherford’ sign | |
| Nickname(s): "Borough of Trees", "First Borough of Bergen County" | |
Location of Rutherford in Bergen County highlighted in red (left). Inset map: Location of Bergen County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (right). | |
Census Bureau map of Rutherford, New Jersey | |
Location in Bergen County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 40°49′13″N 74°06′22″W / 40.820314°N 74.106041°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Bergen |
| Incorporated | September 21, 1881 |
| Named after | John Rutherfurd |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Mayor and Council |
| • Mayor | Frank Nunziato (D, term ends December 31, 2023) |
| • Administrator | Robert J. Kakoleski |
| • Municipal clerk | Margaret "Missy" Scanlon |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.89 sq mi (7.49 km2) |
| • Land | 2.78 sq mi (7.20 km2) |
| • Water | 0.11 sq mi (0.29 km2) 3.88% |
| • Rank | 342nd of 565 in state 29th of 70 in county |
| Elevation | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 18,834 |
• Estimate (2023) | 18,852 |
| • Rank | 146th of 565 in state 16th of 70 in county |
| • Density | 6,772.4/sq mi (2,614.8/km2) |
| • Rank | 72nd of 565 in state 22nd of 70 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 07070 |
| Area code(s) | 201 |
| FIPS code | 3400365280 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885383 |
| Website | www |
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Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 18,834, an increase of 773 (+4.3%) from the 2010 census count of 18,061, which in turn reflected a decline of 49 (−0.3%) from the 18,110 counted in the 2000 census.
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. The borough was named for John Rutherfurd, a U.S. Senator who owned land in the area.
Rutherford has been called the "Borough of Trees" and "The First Borough of Bergen County", and is known as well for its pedestrian-focused downtown area adjacent to the borough's Bergen County Line (New Jersey Transit) railway station.