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Communities Also Named Rochester ...

We found 32 communities that share the name Rochester.

Within Alberta, the name Rochester is unique.

Beyond Alberta, we know of another 32 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • This Rochester is located in San Bernardino County and lies 1,414 miles [2,275.6 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Rochester.
    • Illinois
      • Sangamon County
      • This Rochester is located in Sangamon County and lies 1,497 miles [2,409.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sangamon County community of Rochester.
      • Wabash County
      • This Rochester is located in Wabash County and lies 1,631 miles [2,624.8 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wabash County community of Rochester.
    • Indiana
      • Fulton County
      • This Rochester is located in Fulton County and lies 1,548 miles [2,491.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Rochester.
    • Iowa
      • Cedar County
      • This Rochester is located in Cedar County and lies 1,342 miles [2,159.7 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cedar County community of Rochester.
    • Kansas
      • Anderson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rochester [Anderson County].
      • Atchison County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rochester [Atchison County].
      • Cloud County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rochester [Cloud County].
      • Meade County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rochester [Meade County].
      • Neosho County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rochester [Neosho County].
      • Shawnee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rochester [Shawnee County].
    • Kentucky
      • Butler County
      • This Rochester is located in Butler County and lies 1,724 miles [2,774.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Rochester.
    • Louisiana
      • Jackson Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Rochester [Jackson Parish].
    • Massachusetts
      • Plymouth County
      • This Rochester is located in Plymouth County and lies 2,112 miles [3,398.9 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Rochester.
    • Michigan
      • Oakland County
      • This Rochester is located in Oakland County and lies 1,586 miles [2,552.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oakland County community of Rochester.
    • Minnesota
      • Olmsted County
      • This Rochester is located in Olmsted County and lies 1,178 miles [1,895.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Olmsted County community of Rochester.
    • Missouri
      • Andrew County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Rochester [Andrew County].
    • Montana
      • Deer Lodge County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Rochester [Deer Lodge County].
      • Madison County
      • This Rochester is located in Madison County and lies 606 miles [975.3 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Rochester.
    • Nevada
      • Pershing County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Rochester [Pershing County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Strafford County
      • This Rochester is located in Strafford County and lies 2,038 miles [3,279.8 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Strafford County community of Rochester.
    • New York
      • Monroe County
      • This Rochester is located in Monroe County and lies 1,780 miles [2,864.6 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Rochester.
    • North Carolina
      • Robeson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Rochester [Robeson County].
    • Ohio
      • Champaign County
      • This Rochester is located in Champaign County and lies 1,690 miles [2,719.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Champaign County community of Rochester.
      • Coshocton County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Coshocton County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coshocton County community of Rochester.
      • Lorain County
      • This Rochester is located in Lorain County and lies 1,690 miles [2,719.8 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lorain County community of Rochester.
      • Noble County
      • This Rochester is located in Noble County and lies 1,781 miles [2,866.2 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noble County community of Rochester.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Beaver County
      • This Rochester is located in Beaver County and lies 1,786 miles [2,874.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaver County community of Rochester.
    • Texas
      • Haskell County
      • This Rochester is located in Haskell County and lies 1,597 miles [2,570.1 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haskell County community of Rochester.
    • Vermont
      • Windsor County
      • This Rochester is located in Windsor County and lies 1,941 miles [3,123.7 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windsor County community of Rochester.
    • Washington
      • Thurston County
      • This Rochester is located in Thurston County and lies 668 miles [1,075 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Thurston County community of Rochester.
    • Wisconsin
      • Racine County
      • This Rochester is located in Racine County and lies 1,393 miles [2,241.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Racine County community of Rochester.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rochester ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Clyde
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
  • Fawcett
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Hollow Lake
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollow Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Lake
  • Larkspur
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkspur
  • Legal
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Opal
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Opal came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opal
  • Sprucefield
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sprucefield came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprucefield
  • Sunset Beach
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
  • Weasel Creek
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weasel Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weasel Creek
  • Whispering Hills
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whispering Hills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Hills
  • White Gull
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Gull came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Gull

How Far From Rochester to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Rochester to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rochester and extending to:

  • Edmonton, which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Rochester to Edmonton, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,764 miles [2,838.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 69 days and walking would take 101 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,194 miles [9,968.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,960 miles [11,201 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,056 miles [8,136.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rochester. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rochester) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rochester. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 54.3714, Longitude: -113.4553    
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Rochester could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Rochester, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<6>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Rochester to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.784 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.779 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.978 degrees.




 

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