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Welcome to Rochester ...The city of Rochester is located in Olmsted County<1> and is the County Seat for Olmsted County. The pronunciation of Rochester: RAW-chest-uhr<2> Rochester was established in 1854. When the people of Rochester refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Rochesterian<3> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Rochester has a population of 118,852 people<4> (see below for details). The community of Rochester is 1,120 feet [341 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: Rochester lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Rochester lies within the (507) area code. The ZIP codes for Rochester: 55901-55906<6> Websites for Rochester ...Official Website: www.rochestermn.gov/ Chamber of Commerce: www.rochestermnchamber.com/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Rochester had an population of 118,852 people. This is an increase of 11.32% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 38.51% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Rochester had a population of 106,769 people (which is 73.87% of the total population of Olmsted County). This makes Rochester the county's most populous community. The population of Rochester represents 2.01% of the population of Minnesota (which has 5,303,925 people), making it the state's 3rd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 106,769 people, the population of Rochester increased 24.43% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 85,806 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, Missouri, Montana (2), Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, 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 30 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.<9> We also found Rochester in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Rochester. 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/ Footnotes ...
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