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Welcome to New Rochelle ...The coastal city of New Rochelle is located in Westchester County<1>. New Rochelle was established in 1688. When the people of New Rochelle refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use New Rochellean<2> From the Census Estimates for 2019, New Rochelle has a population of 78,553 people<3> (see below for details). The community of New Rochelle is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: New Rochelle lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The ZIP code for New Rochelle: 10801<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, New Rochelle had an population of 78,553 people. This is an increase of 1.93% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 8.83% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, New Rochelle had a population of 77,062 people (or 8.11% of the total population of Westchester County). This makes New Rochelle the county's 3rd most populous community. The population of New Rochelle represents 0.4% of the total population of New York (which has 19,378,102 people), making it the state's 23rd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 77,062 people, the population of New Rochelle increased 6.76% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 72,182 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for New Rochelle. Websites for New Rochelle ...Official Website: www.newrochelleny.com/ Chamber of Commerce: www.westchester.org/ Communities near New Rochelle ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near New Rochelle.
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 New Rochelle. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for New Rochelle. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of New Rochelle. 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 New Rochelle. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around New Rochelle. Our list includes 10 papers. See our Newspapers Page for New Rochelle. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for New Rochelle ...Looking for more information about New Rochelle? 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 New Rochelle, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for New Rochelle. Adding New Rochelle to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of New Rochelle 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 New Rochelle was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found New Rochelle in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (1803). For more details, see References and Mentions for New Rochelle. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for New Rochelle: www.newrochelleny.com/ The official website for Westchester County: www.westchestergov.com/ The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/ Footnotes ...
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