Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Rochester came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Rochester in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Rochester. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Rochester data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Rochester:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Express Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Rochester was listed as Rochester Courthouse.

Rand McNally Map of Minnesota (1932)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Minnesota (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Rochester is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Rochester in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Rochester for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Rochester. See our Misc Page for Rochester for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Rochester:

Rochester was mentioned in the following schedules:

Burlington Northern Railroad Time Tables (April 1970)

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Rochester: www.rochestermn.gov/

The official website for Olmsted County: www.olmstedcounty.com/

The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/