For EVERYTHING about the City of Rochelle, IL check out GoRochelle.com. The city of Rochelle, IL is situated in Northern Illinois about 75 miles west of Chicago (15 miles west of Dekalb) and 25 miles south of Rockford.
Rochelle is known as the "Hub City" because of its location at the intersection of major transportation routes. The first transcontinental highway in the United States, the Lincoln Highway, passes through Rochelle, as did U.S. Hwy-51 (now Hwy-251), one the first highways to go the full north-south length of the United States. Go Rochelle, GoRochelle, GoRochelle.com and GoRochelle.net.