Rochester (Minnesota) is a city, seat of Olmsted County, southeastern Minnesota, to the Zumbro River; incorporated 1858. It is a commercial, manufacturing, and medical center located in an agricultural area; products include electronic and electric equipment, metal items, and also processed food. Rochester is primarily noted as the site of the Mayo Foundation (1919), which includes the Mayo Clinic (1914), now one of the fundamental employers within the city. The Foundation includes five educational programs: the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine (1915); Mayo's Continuing Medical Education (1967); the Mayo Medical School (1972); the Mayo School of Health-Related Sciences (1973); and also the Mayo Graduate School (1989). Among the city's other institutions of higher education include the Minnesota Bible College (1912), a community college, a technical college, and a school of nursing. Also situated in the city are the Olmsted County Historical Society and Museum; the Rochester Art Center; Mayowood, the former home of Dr. Charles Horace Mayo; and also the Mayo Patient and Health Education Center on the Mayo campus. The community, settled throughout 1854, is known as for Rochester, New York.
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