12 Facts About East Rutherford

East Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

On March 28,1894, the Borough of East Rutherford was created, based on the results of a referendum held the previous day, and Boiling Springs Township was dissolved.

East Rutherford is the home of the Meadowlands Sports Complex, which includes Meadowlands Arena and MetLife Stadium, and was previously the location of Giants Stadium.

East Rutherford is the only municipality with fewer than 10,000 residents to have been home to five professional sports teams simultaneously, as well as the smallest city to host any professional sports team within its city limits.

East Rutherford is bounded on the north by the boroughs of Carlstadt and Wallington and to the south by the borough of Rutherford in Bergen County; by Secaucus in Hudson County; and by Passaic in Passaic County.

Related searches

The area in which East Rutherford is located is the valley of the Passaic and Hackensack rivers.

East Rutherford is home to the Hudson Group, a retailer which operates a chain of newsstands, bookstores, fast food restaurants, and other retail stores chiefly at airports and train stations.

East Rutherford is governed under the Borough form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 218 municipalities statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey.

East Rutherford is located in the 9th Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 36th state legislative district.

Grades ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend the Henry P Becton Regional High School in East Rutherford, which serves high school students from both Carlstadt and East Rutherford.

East Rutherford Fire Department is an all-volunteer fire department.

Rutherford station, which is located on the Rutherford – East Rutherford border, provides train service on NJ Transit's Bergen County Line.