Rochester, Pennsylvania

Rochester, Pennsylvania
Rochester, Pennsylvania
Borough
	Downtown Rochester
	Location in Beaver County and the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
	Coordinates: 40°42′11″N 80°17′0″W / 40.70306°N 80.28333°W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Beaver
Settled	1799
Incorporated	1849
Government
• Type	Borough Council
• Mayor	Keith Jackson
Area
• Total	0.73 sq mi (1.89 km2)
• Land	0.59 sq mi (1.52 km2)
• Water	0.14 sq mi (0.36 km2)
Elevation	810 ft (250 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	3,472
• Density	5,904.76/sq mi (2,279.52/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Zip Code	15074
Area code(s)	724, 878
FIPS code	42-65392

Rochester is a borough in central Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, at the confluence of the Beaver and Ohio rivers. Located 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Pittsburgh, it is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 3,472 at the 2020 census.^[3]

Like many towns around Pittsburgh, Rochester was a former industrial hub, home to the H. C. Fry Glass Company, and was a major junction on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Rochester has been a background for films, including the 1986 movie Gung Ho, the 1996 movie Kingpin, and the 2000 movie Wonder Boys.

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
^ Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved July 19, 2022.

[1] "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 8, 2023.

[2] "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.

[USCensusEst2020-2021-3] Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved July 19, 2022.

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