Geneseo (village), New York

Geneseo, New York
Geneseo, New York
Village
	The Bear Fountain sits in the center of Geneseo's Main Street. In this picture, it is decorated with flags for Memorial Day.
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	Coordinates: 42°47′45″N 77°48′49″W / 42.79583°N 77.81361°W
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Livingston
Town	Geneseo
Village incorporated	1832
Government
• Type	Village Board
• Mayor	Christopher Ivers
Area
• Total	2.85 sq mi (7.38 km2)
• Land	2.85 sq mi (7.38 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	909 ft (277 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	7,574
• Density	2,658.48/sq mi (1,026.33/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	14454
Area code	585
FIPS code	36-28618
GNIS feature ID	0978991
Website	geneseony.org

Geneseo /ˌdʒɛnɪˈsiːoʊ/ is a village in and the county seat of Livingston County in the Finger Lakes region of New York, United States,^[3] south of Rochester. The name "Geneseo" is an anglicization of the Iroquois name for the earlier Iroquois town there, Gen-nis-he-yo, which means "beautiful valley".^[4]

The village of Geneseo lies within the western part of the town of Geneseo at the junction of State Routes 39 and 63 with U.S. Route 20A. The village's population was 8,031 at the 2010 census,^[5] out of 10,483 in the town. The United States Department of the Interior designated part of the village—the Geneseo Historic District—a National Historic Landmark in 1991.

^ "Village of Geneseo Board of Trustees". Village of Geneseo Board of Trustees. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Cook, William R.; Daniel J. Schultz (2004). Around Geneseo. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-3496-X.
^ "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Geneseo village, New York". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 10, 2020.