Rochester, Wisconsin

Coordinates: 42°43′47″N 88°15′11″W / 42.72972°N 88.25306°W / 42.72972; -88.25306
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Rochester, Wisconsin
FIPS code
55-68575[4]
GNIS feature ID1584047[2]
Websiterochesterwi.us

Rochester is a village in

2020 census. The village is located within the former Town of Rochester. On November 4, 2008, the village of Rochester voted to consolidate with the Town of Rochester.[6]

History

Village Hall, Village of Rochester, WI

The first non-Native American settlers in Rochester were a group of five farming families, who all hailed from the town of

Congregationalist Church and were staunch abolitionists. When they arrived in what is now Rochester there was nothing but dense virgin forest and wild prairie. They laid out post routes, built roads, constructed farms and government buildings all within the first few months of settling in what is now Rochester. Due to the Second Great Awakening many of them had become Baptists or converted to either Presbyterianism or Methodism before coming to what is now Walworth County, Wisconsin.[7][8]

Rochester holds one of the oldest continuously run Memorial Day observances in the nation, having held its first in 1867.[9]

The Village was incorporated in 1912. The Village and Town of Rochester consolidated in 2008.[10]

Geography

Rochester is located at 42°44′26″N 88°13′26″W / 42.74056°N 88.22389°W / 42.74056; -88.22389 (42.740585, -88.224108).[11]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 17.74 square miles (45.95 km2), of which, 17.48 square miles (45.27 km2) of it is land and 0.26 square miles (0.67 km2) is water.[12]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1860306—
187039228.1%
1880284−27.6%
1920220—
193024611.8%
194028817.1%
195033315.6%
196041324.0%
19704365.6%
198074671.1%
199097831.1%
20001,14917.5%
20103,682220.5%
20203,7852.8%
U.S. Decennial Census[13]

2010 census

As of the

Latino
of any race were 2.8% of the population.

There were 1,343 households, of which 35.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.4% were married couples living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 20.4% were non-families. 15.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.04.

The median age in the village was 42 years. 24.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.5% were from 25 to 44; 34.9% were from 45 to 64; and 10.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 51.1% male and 48.9% female.

2000 census

As of the

other races, and 1.39% from two or more races. 3.48% of the population were Hispanic or Latino
of any race.

There were 410 households, out of which 43.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.7% were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.9% were non-families. 19.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.22.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 30.5% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 33.3% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 6.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.5 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $55,063, and the median income for a family was $61,875. Males had a median income of $42,159 versus $30,184 for females. The

poverty line
, including 5.6% of those under age 18 and 10.8% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

Images

  • Post office
    Post office
  • Sign entering Rochester
    Sign entering Rochester
  • Looking east in downtown Rochester
    Looking east in downtown Rochester

References

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  1. ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  4. ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  5. ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau. May 24, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  6. ^ "Home Page". rochesterwi.us. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011.
  7. ^ The Yankee Exodus by Stewart Hall Holbrook pg. 119
  8. ^ History of Walworth County, Wisconsin: Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources; an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities, Towns and Villages, Their Improvements, Industries, Manufactories, Churches, Schools and Societies; Its War Record, Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers; the Whole Preceded by a History of Wisconsin, Statistics of the State, and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution and the Constitution of the United States Brookhaven Press, 1882
  9. ^ "Rochester's Memorial Day Observance One of the Oldest in the Nation". journaltimes.com.
  10. ^ "About the Village". rochesterwi.gov.
  11. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  12. ^ "US Gazetteer files 2010". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on January 25, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  13. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.

External links

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