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Rochester, Minnesota
Rochester, Minnesota: third-largest Minnesota city and Olmsted County seat on the Zumbro River, home of Mayo Clinic, IBM Rochester, and the $5.6 billion Destination Medical Center redevelopment initiative.
Rochester, New York
Rochester, New York: western New York city on the Genesee River, county seat of Monroe County; Erie Canal boomtown, Flour City, Kodak's home, 2020 population 211,328.
Rochester, NY Metro Area
Rochester, NY Metro Area: five-county metropolitan statistical area (Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Wayne) around Rochester, New York; third-largest in the state with about 1.06 million people, a $77 billion GDP, and a health care and higher education economy.
Rock Hill, South Carolina
Rock Hill, South Carolina, known as Football City USA, is the largest city in York County, about 20 miles south of Charlotte, with a 2020 population of 74,372.
Rock Island, Illinois
Rock Island, Illinois: county seat on the Mississippi in the Quad Cities; home of Rock Island Arsenal (est. 1862), Fort Armstrong, the 1856 first Mississippi bridge, and a Civil War Confederate prison camp; population 37,108 (2020).
Rock Springs, Wyoming
Rock Springs, Wyoming: Sweetwater County city founded on 1868 Union Pacific coal mining, site of the 1885 Chinese massacre, population 23,526 (2020), fifth-largest Wyoming city.
Rockford, Illinois
Rockford, Illinois: county seat of Winnebago County on the Rock River, about 90 miles northwest of Chicago. Third-largest Illinois city, 148,655 people (2020); former furniture and "Screw City" manufacturing center.
Rockhampton
Rockhampton, Queensland city on the Fitzroy River, Australia's beef capital, proclaimed 1858 after the Canoona gold rush; Darumbal country, flood-prone, 2032 Olympic rowing venue.
Rockville, Maryland
Rockville, Maryland, is the county seat of Montgomery County in the Washington, D.C. metro area. Also called Williamsburgh and Montgomery Court House historically; incorporated 1860; population 67,000 (2020); core of the I-270 technology corridor.
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Rocky Mount is a city in eastern North Carolina, straddling the fall line of the Tar River on the Nash and Edgecombe county line, about 60 miles east of Raleigh.
Rodriguez, Rizal
Rodriguez (Montalban), Rizal: Philippine municipality renamed Rodriguez in 1982 and back to Montalban by RA 11812 in 2022; largest Philippine municipality, 443,954 people in 2020, home of Wawa Gorge and Upper Wawa Dam.
Rogers, Arkansas
Rogers, Arkansas: a Benton County city founded in 1881 as a Frisco Railroad stop, named for railroad manager Charles Warrington Rogers; 69,908 residents in 2020, growing fast in Northwest Arkansas.
Rognes
Rognes, a commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, France, between Trévaresse and the Durance near Aix-en-Provence; known for the Domitii Aquenses Gallo-Roman mausoleum at Barbebelle, prehistoric sites, and the 1909 earthquake-damaged Saint-Marcellin chapel.
Rohtak (रोहतक)
Rohtak (रोहतक), also historically Rohitaka, is a city and district in Haryana, India, about 70 km northwest of Delhi in the NCR; district population 1,058,683 (2011), formed as a district in 1824, an education hub with Maharshi Dayanand University and PGIMS.
Rome
Rome (Roma), capital of Italy and its largest municipality, on the Tiber; contains Vatican City. UNESCO historic centre, record 22.9 million tourist arrivals in 2025, Jubilee infrastructure spending, and heavy traffic congestion.
Rome, Georgia
Rome, Georgia: county seat of Floyd County, founded 1834 at the Etowah-Oostanaula confluence forming the Coosa, on the Cherokee settlement Head of Coosa; 37,713 residents (2020), burned in the Civil War, healthcare hub of northwest Georgia.
Rome, New York
Rome, New York: a Mohawk Valley city in Oneida County (2020 population 32,127), birthplace of the Erie Canal (groundbreaking July 4, 1817), home of Fort Stanwix National Monument and the Griffiss Business and Technology Park.
Romford
Romford, Essex/Havering market town on the London-Colchester Roman road; 1247 market charter, railway 1839, major retail centre with 21 million shoppers, adopted masterplan 2025.
Ronda
Ronda, Andalusian town in northwestern Málaga province, Spain, on a plateau split by the Tajo gorge of the Guadalevín river; Islamic Runda, taifa capital, conquered 1485; about 33,700 inhabitants and two million visitors in 2025.
Rondonópolis
Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso municipality at the BR-163/BR-364 junction; third most populous city of the state (268,202 in 2026) and its second largest economy, an agribusiness and logistics hub.
Roodepoort
Roodepoort, Gauteng: former gold-mining city on Johannesburg's western edge, founded after the 1884 Struben brothers' Confidence Reef strike, municipality 1904, city 1977, now Johannesburg Region C with about 326,000 residents.
Roorkee (रुड़की)
Roorkee (रुड़की), city in Haridwar district, Uttarakhand, India, on the Ganga Canal 30 km from Haridwar; home of IIT Roorkee, founded 1847 as India's first engineering college, and of the Bengal Sappers.
Roquetas de Mar
Roquetas de Mar, municipality in Almería province, Andalusia, Spain, on the Gulf of Almería. Former fishing village, now a city of about 114,000 people living from greenhouse agriculture, tourism, and fishing.
Rosarito
Rosarito (Playas de Rosarito) is a Pacific coast resort city and municipality in Baja California, Mexico, south of Tijuana; a municipality since 1995, population 126,890 (2020), known for border proximity, tourism, and a planned desalination plant.
Roscrea
Roscrea (Ros Cré) is a heritage market town in North Tipperary, Ireland, population 5,542 (2022), grown around St. Crónán's seventh-century monastery, with a 13th-century castle, Damer House, and a Franciscan friary.
Roseburg, Oregon
Roseburg, Oregon: county seat of Douglas County in the Umpqua Valley, founded by Aaron Rose in 1851, incorporated 1868 (or 1870 per county records), a former timber capital now centered on healthcare, wine, and I-5 trade.
Rosemary Beach, Florida
Rosemary Beach is a 107-acre New Urbanist beach community founded in 1995 in unincorporated Walton County, Florida, on Scenic Highway 30A, planned by DPZ with Caribbean-influenced architecture, a governing Code, and residents-only beach access.
Rosemont, Illinois
Rosemont, Illinois: a Cook County village incorporated in 1956 near O'Hare Airport, led by the Stephens family, known for the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Allstate Arena, Parkway Bank Park, and Fashion Outlets of Chicago.
Rosetta, Beheira
Rosetta, also known as Rashid, is a port city in Beheira Governorate, Egypt, on the Nile near the Mediterranean, best known as the Rosetta Stone's 1799 discovery site.
Roseville, California
Roseville, California, is the largest city in Placer County, northeast of Sacramento. Founded as a Central Pacific rail junction in 1864, incorporated 1909; population 147,773 (2020), a retail, healthcare, and technology hub.