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ID: 2055340
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2055340
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Rochester (inhabited place)  Rochester (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 44 01 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 44.0167  decimal degrees
Long: 092 28 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -92.4667  decimal degrees

Note: Located in SE Minnesota on Zumbro River & was originally a campground for wagon trains; named for Rochester, NY; noted for world-famous Mayo Clinic (founded in 1889 by Dr. W.W. Mayo & his sons) which expanded into a complex of hospitals & hotels.

Names:
Rochester (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Minnesota (state)  ............  Minnesota (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Olmsted (county)  ................  Olmsted (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Rochester (inhabited place)  ....................  Rochester (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled in 1854 & incorporated as a city in 1858
city (C)
county seat (C)
manufacturing center (C)  ............  for hospital supplies, food processing, computer accessories & electronics, business & recording equipment
agricultural center (C)  ............  for dairy products & mixed farming
transportation center (C)  ............  for rail
educational center (C)  ............  for Rochester Community College (1915) & Minnesota Bible College (founded 1913, relocated to Rochester in early 1970s)
cultural center (C)  ............  for medical museum

Sources and Contributors:
Rochester..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 119
....................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS27017681
....................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1023
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 119
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS27017681
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1023
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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