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Geneseo / ˌ dʒ ɛ n ɪ ˈ s iː oʊ / 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".
Geneseo / ˌ dʒ ɛ n ɪ ˈ s iː oʊ / 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 .
The Geneseo Historic District, previously known as the Main Street Historic District, is a historic district encompassing much of the village center of Geneseo, New York. Geneseo has a remarkably well-preserved 19th-century streetscape, with Victorian architecture embodying a picturesque style advocated by architect Andrew Jackson Downing .
He can be reached at jmemmott@gannett.com or write Box 274, Geneseo, NY 14454. This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Rochester NY is home to strange names and ...
The initial predecessor to SUNY Geneseo opened in 1867 as the Wadsworth Normal and Training School through an act of the New York State Legislature. However, the legislature later changed the new college's name to the Geneseo Normal and Training School before it officially opened on September 13, 1871. [7]
James Wadsworth (April 20, 1768 Durham, Connecticut Colony – June 7, 1844 Geneseo, New York) was an influential and prominent 18th- and 19th-century pioneer, educator, land speculator, agriculturalist, businessman, and community leader of the early Genesee Valley settlements in Western New York State.
5126 Mount Morris Rd., near Geneseo, New York Coordinates 42°46′28.95″N 77°49′41.29″W / 42.7747083°N 77.8281361°W / 42.7747083; -77.8281361
Geneseo is the name of several places in the United States: Genesee, California, formerly Geneseo; Geneseo, New York. Geneseo (village), New York; State University of New York at Geneseo; Geneseo, Illinois; Geneseo, Kansas; Geneseo, North Dakota, in Sargent County, North Dakota