The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusRutherford is a town in Gibson County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 census, Rutherford had a population of 1,163.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,151 people in 2010, 1,163 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1968.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Rutherford yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Rutherford’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rutherford’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Rutherford is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Rutherford has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Mt. Zion Negro School in Bradford, 6.2 miles away.
Rutherford and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.