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Rochester is in northwestern Haskell County along Texas State Highway 6, which leads north 7 miles (11 km) to Knox City and south 9 miles (14 km) to Rule. Haskell, the county seat, is 15 miles (24 km) to the southeast. According to the United States Census Bureau, Rochester has a total area of 0.3 square miles (0.9 km 2), all land. [4]
Rochester ISD's performance on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS), a state standardized test used from 1991 to 2003, was generally above state standards. The district received the highest rating of "exemplary" on four occasions (1997–98, 1998–99, 1999-00, and 2000–01) and the second highest rating of "recognized" four times (1995–96, 1996–97, 2001–02, and 2002–03).
Haskell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,416. [1] The county seat is Haskell. [2] The county was created in 1858 and later organized in 1885. [3]
Rochester Braves, a pro football (American) team in 1936 also known as the Syracuse Braves Rochester Express , professional softball team, 1978-1982, originally named the Rochester Zeniths Rochester Flash , an American Soccer League (1981-1983, 1984) and United Soccer League team
Rule is in western Haskell County at the intersection of U.S. Route 380 and Texas State Highway 6.US 380 leads east 9 miles (14 km) to Haskell, the county seat, and west 11 miles (18 km) to Old Glory, while Highway 6 leads north 9 miles (14 km) to Rochester and south 19 miles (31 km) to Stamford.
The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. [1] While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants.
In Texas, there are two forms of municipal government: general-law and home-rule. A general-law municipality has no charter and is limited to the specific powers granted by the general laws of the state. Home-rule municipalities have a charter and derive the "full power of local self-government" [6] from the Constitution of Texas. A general-law ...
Brewster County is the largest county by area in the state - at 6,192 square miles (16,040 km 2) it is over three times the size of the state of Delaware, and more than 500 square miles (1,300 km 2) bigger than Connecticut. [2] As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,546. [3]