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Place Name
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Rochester
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Place Status (Type)
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borough
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Population
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4,156 (1990)
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Location
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Beaver County, Pennsylvania (PA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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40°42'N
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Longitude
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80°16'W
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Rochester
, borough (1990 pop. 4,156), Beaver co., W Pa.,
1 mi/1.6 km E of Beaver, on Ohio R., at mouth
of Beaver R.; 40°42'N 80°16'W. Agr. (hay, corn; livestock,
dairying); mfg. (food prods., wooden prods., chemicals). Shale and
sandstone nearby. Originally an Indian town; early 19th-cent. river
port. Settled 1799, laid out c.1835, inc. 1838.
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