History of Rochester, New York
Rochester, also known as History of Rochester, New York#Rochesterville and The Flour City|The Flour City, History of Rochester, New York#The Flower City|The Flower City and The World's Image Centre, is a city in Monroe County, New York, United States.
The City of Rochester is the county seat for Monroe County. It is at the center of a larger Metropolitan Area which encompasses and extends past Monroe County, New York|Monroe County and includes Genesee County, New York|Genesee County, Livingston County, New York|Livingston County, Ontario County, New York|Ontario County, Orleans County, New York|Orleans County, and Wayne County, New York|Wayne County.
This larger metropolitan area has a population of 1,037,831 people as of the United States 2000 Census|2000 Census. As of July 1, 2005, this population rose slightly to 1,039,028, making Rochester the third largest city in New York State.
Principal suburbs of the city include Brighton, Monroe County, New York|Brighton, Chili, New York|Chili, East Rochester, New York|East Rochester, Fairport, New York|Fairport, Gates, New York|Gates, Greece (town), New York|Greece, Henrietta, New York|Henrietta, Irondequoit, New York|Irondequoit, Penfield, New York|Penfield, Pittsford (town), New York|Pittsford, Victor (town), New York|Victor and Webster, New York|Webster.
Rochester was ranked #6 among 379 U.S. Metro areas in the 25th edition of the [http://placesrated.com/ Places Rated Almanac] for Most Livable Cities.
The current Mayor of Rochester is Robert Duffy.
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