Geneseo, New York

Geneseo, New York
Geneseo, New York
Town
	The Bear Fountain sits in the center of Geneseo village's Main Street. In this picture, it is decorated with flags for Memorial Day.
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	Geneseo Geneseo
	Coordinates: 42°47′45″N 77°48′49″W / 42.79583°N 77.81361°W
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Livingston
Town established	1789
Government
• Type	Town Board
• Town Supervisor	William Wadsworth (D)
Area
• Total	45.14 sq mi (116.92 km2)
• Land	43.94 sq mi (113.82 km2)
• Water	1.20 sq mi (3.10 km2)
Elevation	909 ft (277 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	10,483
• Estimate (2016)	10,726
• Density	244.08/sq mi (94.24/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	14454
Area code	585
FIPS code	36-051-28629
GNIS feature ID	0978991
Website	www.geneseony.org

Geneseo /ˌdʒɛnɪˈsiːoʊ/ is a town in Livingston County in the Finger Lakes region of New York, United States. It is at the south end of the five-county Rochester Metropolitan Area. The population of the town was 10,483 at the 2010 census.^[4]

The English name "Geneseo" is an anglicization of the Iroquois name for the earlier Iroquois town there, Gen-nis-he-yo (which means "beautiful valley").^[5]^[6] The village of Geneseo lies within the western portion of the town. The village and town are known today mainly as the home of the State University of New York at Geneseo.

^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusEst2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Geneseo town, New York". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 135–136.
^ Cook, William R.; Daniel J. Schultz (2004). Around Geneseo. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-3496-X.