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Place Name
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Rochester
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Monroe County
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Population
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231,636 (1990)
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Location
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Monroe County, New York (NY), United States, North America
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Latitude
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43°10'N
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Longitude
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77°37'W
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Rochester
, industrial city (
37 sq mi/96 sq km; 1990 pop.
231,636),  Monroe co.; W N.Y., a port of entry on the Genesee R.
and L. Ontario; 43°10'N 77°37'W. It is a leading center in the
production of photographic, photocopying, optical, and dental equip.,
process control and recording instruments, and thermometers. Rochester
also ranks high in the mfg. of electronics, machinery, transportation
equip., fabricated metal prods., plastic prods. In a rich fruit-growing
region. Permanent settlement by Col. Nathaniel Rochester and others
began in 1812. During the Civil War, Rochester was a stop on the
Underground Railroad. The Erie Canal gave impetus to Rochester's
growth; flour milling became the 1st important industry. Seat of the
Univ. of Rochester, Nazareth Col. of Rochester, the Rochester Inst. of
Technology (est. 1829), Roberts Wesleyan Col., St. John's Fisher Col.,
and Monroe Community Col. The city's cultural features include the
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and Eastman School of Music's Eastman
Philharmonia, the Rochester Mus. and Science Center and Strasenburgh
Planetarium, the Memorial Art Gall., N.Y. State Archeological Society,
Seneca Park Zoo, and the Rundell Memorial Bldg., which houses the
public lib. and an art gallery. Prominent residents have been Susan B.
Anthony (her home is a Natl. Landmark and mus.), who is buried in the
Mt. Hope Cemetery; Frederick Douglass; and George Eastman (his home is
the Internatl. Mus. of Photography; also a Natl. Landmark and mus.).
Numerous parks and nurseries have earned Rochester the name Flower
City. Site of the Mall at Greece Ridge Center, one of the largest
shopping centers in the U.S. Inc. 1817.
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