Township Trustees manage both Rochester and Hebron cemeteries while Healy is privately maintained The town of Rochester used to be the county seat of Cedar County.

The reason they moved it to Tipton, is because they were afraid of losing important documents in the flood.

Rochester Township covers an area of 27.03 square miles (70.0 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements.

The unincorporated community of Rochester, a census-designated place, is located along the Cedar River north of the center of the township.

This article about the geography of Cedar County, Iowa is a stub.