East Rochester

History

The village of East Rochester was originally known as the village of Despatch, when the community was incorporated in 1897. Despatch was laid out as a planned community designed around the New York Central Railroad mainline that ran through the center of the village. Much of the original land which became the village came from Fairport businessman Walter Parce. This land was used to develop housing for employees of the earliest employers: the Merchants Despatch Corporation and the Aeolian Piano Corporation. The original buildings of the Aeolian Piano Corporation are still in use today as a shopping center and office complex called Piano Works Mall. To better showcase the village's proximity to the city of Rochester, the village was incorporated as the Village of East Rochester in 1906. The village was divided among the towns of Perinton, Pittsford, and Penfield. On August 20, 1966, a Little League baseball team from East Rochester captured the Senior Little League World Championship by defeating La Habra California 4–2 in Des Moines, Iowa. East Rochester is the smallest community in the world to win either a Little League or Senior Little League World Championship. The local post office building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. In 1981, the village became a coterminous town and village. Two derailments have occurred on the double-track mainline railroad running through East Rochester. The first occurred on October 29, 1969, when a 30-car Penn Central freight train carrying produce derailed onto West Maple Avenue (which, along with East Maple Avenue, runs parallel to the tracks between NY 153 and South Lincoln Road), crushing numerous automobiles and toppling telephone poles. No one was injured. On January 16, 2007, a 13-car CSX…

Geography

East Rochester is located in eastern Monroe County at (43.112413, -77.487). It is bordered by the town of Pittsford on the west side and by Perinton to the east. The town of Penfield is less than two tenths of a mile to the north. Most of the southern boundary is delimited by New York State Route 31F. Downtown Rochester is to the northwest via Route 31F and Route 96, while the village of Fairport is to the east-southeast. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land; Irondequoit Creek runs along the eastern edge of the village.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• PENFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
  High · PENFIELD · 1,424 students · 12.7:1 ratio
• WEBSTER-SCHROEDER HIGH SCHOOL
  High · WEBSTER · 1,314 students · 11.4:1 ratio
• FAIRPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
  High · FAIRPORT · 1,304 students · 11.9:1 ratio
• TRUE NORTH ROCHESTER PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL
  Other · ROCHESTER · 1,301 students · 16.7:1 ratio
• RUSH-HENRIETTA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
  High · HENRIETTA · 1,300 students · 12.4:1 ratio
• THOMAS HIGH SCHOOL
  High · WEBSTER · 1,258 students · 11.9:1 ratio
• BRIGHTON HIGH SCHOOL
  High · ROCHESTER · 1,243 students · 11.7:1 ratio
• IRONDEQUOIT HIGH SCHOOL
  High · ROCHESTER · 1,163 students · 12.1:1 ratio