Rochester, IA

Rochester is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Rochester Township, Cedar County, Iowa, United States. The 2020 census counted 142 residents. Rochester is near Rochester, New York, the city's namesake known for its flour mills, due to its location on the Cedar River. Rochester is located in eastern Iowa in south-central Cedar County, along the north bank of the Cedar River. A newcomer can read Rochester through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Rochester comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. County Road F44 crosses the river just south of the community, and Interstate 80 at Exit 265 is 2 miles to the south.