Rochester

seat of Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States of America
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Summary

Rochester is a city in the United States[1]. Rochester ranks in the top 2% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,819 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Olmsted County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: South Fork Zumbro River[5]
  • Head of government: Kim Norton[6]
  • Instance of: county seat[7], big city[8]
  • Named after: Rochester[9]
  • Postal code: 55901[10], 55902[11], 55903[12], 55904[13], 55905[14], 55906[15]
  • Commons category: Rochester, Minnesota[16]
  • Located in time zone: Central Time Zone[17], UTC−06:00[18], UTC−05:00[19]
  • Local dialing code: 507[20]
  • Inception: 1854[21]
  • Official website: https://rochestermn.gov[22]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Rochester, Minnesota[23]
  • Population: 110,742[24], 106,769[25], 121,395[26]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Rochester, Minnesota[27]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[28]
  • Capital of: Olmsted County[29]
  • Official name: Rochester[30]
  • Nickname: Roch[31], Med City[32]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Rochester, Minnesota[33]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Died in Rochester, Minnesota[34]
  • Number of households: 48,468[35]
  • Native label: Rochester[36]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Rochester, Minnesota[37]
  • Elevation above sea level: 1030 feet[38]

Body

Physical Characteristics

Areas include 141.718141 km²[39] and 141.800524 km²[40].

Why It Matters

Rochester has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] Rochester is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . rochestermn.gov. Retrieved . rochestermn.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . The National Map. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · UKChris-wiki · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Osm name suggestion index id → cityofrochester-853554, cityofrochester-19fc0b
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  2. 20w ago · Mxn · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Rochester
    Named after → —
    Capital of → Olmsted County
    Inception → +1854-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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