Rochester, Wisconsin
Location of Rochester, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 42°43′47″N 88°15′11″W / 42.72972, -88.25306
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Racine
Area
- Total	17.3 sq mi (44.7 km²)
- Land	17.1 sq mi (44.2 km²)
- Water	0.2 sq mi (0.5 km²)
Elevation [1]	817 ft (249 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	2,254
- Density	131.9/sq mi (50.9/km²)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
FIPS code	55-68575[2]
GNIS feature ID	1584047[1]

Rochester is a village in Racine County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,149 at the 2000 census. The village is located within the Town of Rochester.

History

The town has many older buildings, and many ghost stories come with the buildings, Chances, a restaurant/bar on the main strip, is said to be haunted. A painting within the restaurant is said to be painted by someone who never saw the place before he painted it, it also supposedly has a ghost figure in one of the upper windows. The Bar was also apart of the underground railroad, it starts there, goes under the Fox River, and ends at a house on the other side. Chances was a bordello/hotel before it was a restaurant. Items from the bordello/hotel were donated to a Racine County museum. Many older houses are also rumored to be haunted.^[3][4]

Geography

Rochester is located at 42°44′26″N, 88°13′26″W (42.740585, -88.224108)^[5].

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.4 km²), of which, 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (7.55%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 1,149 people, 410 households, and 307 families residing in the village. The population density was 2,360.6 people per square mile (905.4/km²). There were 425 housing units at an average density of 873.1/sq mi (334.9/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 97.30% White, 0.09% Black or African American, 0.35% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.70% from 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 per capita income for the village was $21,609. About 4.9% of families and 4.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.6% of those under age 18 and 10.8% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

• Ginger Beaumont, baseball player, was born in Rochester.

Notes

External links

• Village of Rochester

• Rochester, Wisconsin is at coordinates 42°44′26″N 88°13′27″W / 42.740585, -88.224108 (Rochester, Wisconsin)Coordinates: 42°44′26″N 88°13′27″W / 42.740585, -88.224108 (Rochester, Wisconsin)

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