Rochester, New Hampshire

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The city of Rochester is located in Strafford County.

Rochester is 50 feet [15.24 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Rochester lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Rochester can be found in:

At the time of the 2000 Census, Rochester had a population of 28,461 people^<3> (or 25.26% of the total population of Strafford County). The population of Rochester represented 2.3% of the total of New Hampshire, making it the state's 5th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Rochester had a population of 30,654 people. This is an increase of 7.71% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Rochester.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<4>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Kittery (ME)	SE	19 mi [30.58 km]	10,427	9.26% increase
	Sanford (ME)	NE	14 mi [22.53 km]	21,156	1.68% increase
	South Berwick (ME)	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	7,156	7.27% increase
	Wells (ME)	E	17 mi [27.36 km]	9,895	5.27% increase
	York (ME)	SE	17 mi [27.36 km]	14,064	9.41% increase
	Barrington	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	8,469	13.3% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Rochester.

Websites for Rochester

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The Commemorative Quarter for New Hampshire<5>

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Rochester. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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