Rochester is a village in Racine County, Wisconsin, United States.

These were "Yankee" settlers, which is to say they were descended from the English Puritans who settled New England during the colonial era.

When they arrived in what is now Rochester there was nothing but dense virgin forest and wild prairie.

They laid out post routes, built roads, constructed farms and government buildings all within the first few months of settling in what is now Rochester.

Due to the Second Great Awakening many of them had become Baptists or converted to either Presbyterianism or Methodism before coming to what is now Walworth County, Wisconsin.

[7][8] Rochester holds one of the oldest continuously run Memorial Day observances in the nation, having held its first in 1867.

15.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

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.