Located in Olmsted County on the Zumbro River, Rochester is the third largest city in the state of Minnesota and is the biggest city outside of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Rochester was founded in 1854 and has grown to cover an area of 54.75 square miles and has an estimated population of 115,000, with more than 218,000 in the surrounding metropolitan area.
Rochester was named after the city of the same name in New York State and is most famous for being the home of the Mayo Clinic. Rochester is also rated as one of the best places to live in Minnesota.