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Welcome to Rochester ...The city of Rochester is located in Monroe County<1> and is the County Seat for Monroe County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Rochester, you might consider that their post office opened in 1812. When the people of Rochester refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Rochesterian<2> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Rochester has a population of 205,859 people<3> (see below for details). Rochester is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Rochester lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Rochester is within the (585) area code. The ZIP code for Rochester: 14604<5> Websites for Rochester ...Official Website: www.ci.rochester.ny.us/ Junior League: jlroch.org/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Rochester had an population of 205,859 people. This is a decrease of 2.23% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 6.33% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Rochester had a population of 210,565 people (which is 28.29% of the total population of Monroe County). This makes Rochester the county's most populous community. The population of Rochester represents 1.09% of the population of New York (which has 19,378,102 people), making it the state's 10th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 210,565 people, the population of Rochester decreased 4.19% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 219,773 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Rochester. Communities Also Named Rochester ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 32 communities that are also named Rochester - they are located in Alberta, California, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (6), Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana (2), Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio (4), Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rochester. Communities near Rochester ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rochester.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Rochester. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rochester. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rochester. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rochester. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rochester. Our list includes 252 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Rochester. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rochester ...Looking for more information about Rochester? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Rochester, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Rochester. Adding Rochester to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rochester in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Rochester was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Rochester in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Rochester. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Rochester: www.ci.rochester.ny.us/ The official website for Monroe County: www.monroecounty.gov/ The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/ Footnotes ...
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