Welcome to Lower Rochester ...

Lower Rochester is located in Pershing County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lower Rochester, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915.

Lower Rochester is 5,560 feet [1,695 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Lower Rochester is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Lower Rochester lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Lower Rochester: 775

Communities near Lower Rochester ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lower Rochester.

• Lovelock
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lovelock is located in Pershing County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelock
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,819 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lovelock <3>
• Zola ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Zola is located in Pershing County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zola
• Torreytown ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Torreytown is located in Pershing County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torreytown
• Colado ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Colado is located in Pershing County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colado
• Unionville ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Unionville is located in Pershing County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
• Star City ‑ Historic
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Star City is located in Pershing County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
• Humboldt City ‑ Historic
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Humboldt City is located in Pershing County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt City
• Humboldt House
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Humboldt House is located in Pershing County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt House
• Granite Point ‑ Historic
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Granite Point is located in Pershing County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Point
• Imlay
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Imlay is located in Pershing County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imlay
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Imlay <3>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lower Rochester. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lower Rochester.

We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lower Rochester. See our Newspapers Page for Lower Rochester.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lower Rochester ...

Looking for more information about Lower 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lower Rochester, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lower Rochester.

Adding Lower Rochester to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lower 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 (so far) for Lower Rochester was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Lower Rochester post office opened in 1915. The Lower Rochester post office closed in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lower Rochester.