Editing Rutherford, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough had a total area of 2.89 square miles (7.49&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 2.78 square miles (7.20&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.11 square miles (0.29&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (3.88%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />

Rutherford is an [[inner suburb|inner-ring suburb]] of [[New York City]], located {{convert|8|mi|0}} west of [[Midtown Manhattan]].<ref>Patterson, Mary Jo. [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/realestate/rutherford-nj-quiet-outpost-beyond-the-tunnel.html "Real Estate: Rutherford, N.J., Quiet Outpost Beyond the Tunnel"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 29, 2015. Accessed September 19, 2015. "Quiet residential neighborhoods are many in a borough that could be considered the first suburban outpost along the Route 3 corridor from the Lincoln Tunnel."</ref>

The borough is bounded by the [[Passaic River]] bordering [[Clifton, New Jersey|Clifton]] and [[Passaic, New Jersey|Passaic]] in [[Passaic County, New Jersey|Passaic County]] to the west, the [[Erie Railroad]] bordering [[East Rutherford, New Jersey|East Rutherford]] to the north and east, the [[Hackensack River]] bordering [[Secaucus, New Jersey|Secaucus]] to the southeast, and [[Berrys Creek]], Wall Street West and Rutherford Avenue bordering [[Lyndhurst, New Jersey|Lyndhurst]] to the south and southwest.<ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/837980/touches.html Areas touching Rutherford], MapIt. Accessed March 5, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/visitors-guide/county-maps Bergen County Map of Municipalities], [[Bergen County, New Jersey]]. Accessed March 5, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref>