Genesee, derived from the

Seneca Seneca may refer to: People and language * Seneca (name), a list of people with either the given name or surname * Seneca people, one of the six Iroquois tribes of North America ** Seneca language, the language of the Seneca people Places Extrat ...

word for "pleasant valley", may refer to:

Geographic features

Canada

* Genesee, Alberta, an unincorporated community

United States

* Genesee, California *

Genesee, Colorado Genesee is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The populatio ...

Genesee County, Michigan Genesee County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 406,211, making it the fifth-most populous county in Michigan. The county seat and population center is Flint (birthplace of General Motors) ...

Genesee County, New York Genesee County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,388. Its county seat is Batavia. Its name is from Seneca word Gen-nis'-hee-yo, meaning "the Beautiful Valley".THE AMERICAN REVIEW; A WHI ...

* Genesee Falls, New York, a town * Genesee, Idaho *

Genesee Theatre Genesee Theatre is a concert hall and movie palace in Waukegan, Illinois. Today, the venue has seats for 2,403 people and opened in 1927. It's both used as a vaudeville theater and cinema and hosts musical artists and shows. History In 1926, A.L ...

, Waukegan, Illinois *

Genesee, Lansing, Michigan Genesee Neighborhood is a historic neighborhood in Lansing, Michigan. It is located in the northwest corner of downtown Lansing. The neighborhood is bordered by West Saginaw Street ( M-43) to the north, Sycamore Street to the east, West Ottawa S ...

, a neighborhood in Lansing, Michigan * Genesee, Wisconsin, a town ** Genesee Depot, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Genesee, Seattle, a neighborhood in West Seattle, Washington *

Genesee Park (Seattle) Genesee Park is a park in the Rainier Valley neighborhood of Seattle, Washington Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it ...

, a park in the Rainier Valley neighborhood of Seattle, Washington *

Genesee River The Genesee River is a tributary of Lake Ontario flowing northward through the Twin Tiers of Pennsylvania and New York in the United States. The river provided the original power for the Rochester area's 19th century mills and still provides h ...

, a river in north central Pennsylvania and western New York *

Genesee Township, Whiteside County, Illinois Genesee Township is located in Whiteside County, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis ...

Genesee Township, Michigan The Charter Township of Genesee, or Genesee Township, is a charter township of Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. In the Public Land Survey System, the township is survey area township 8 north, range 7 east. The population was 21,58 ...

Genesee Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania Genesee Township is a township in Potter County, Pennsylvania, United States and lies near the source of the Genesee River. The population was 729 at the 2020 census. The name Genesee derives from Indian term for "beautiful valley". Geography Acc ...

Genesee, New York Genesee is a town in Allegany County, New York, United States. The population was 1,653 at the 2020 census. Genesee is in the southwestern corner of the county, southeast of Olean. History The first settler arrived ''circa'' 1823. The town of ...

, a town *

Genesee College Genesee College was founded as the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, in 1831, by the Methodist Episcopal Church. The college was located in Lima, New York, and eventually relocated to Syracuse, becoming Syracuse University. Genesee Wesleyan Seminary ...

, New York state *

Genesee Valley Greenway The Genesee Valley Greenway is a rail trail in western New York's Genesee River valley. The trail stretches for along a former Pennsylvania Railroad right-of-way as well as adjacent land from the Genesee Valley Canal. The low grade path is a m ...

, a rail trail in western New York state *

Genesee Valley Park Genesee Valley Park, originally named "South Park," is located in the south side of Rochester, New York along the shores of the Genesee River. The New York State Barge Canal (the currently in-use portion of the Erie Canal) crosses the Genesee Riv ...

, New York

Products and companies

Genesee Brewing Company Genesee Brewing Company ( ) is an American brewery located along the Genesee River in Rochester, New York. From 2000 to 2009, the company was known as the High Falls Brewing Company. In 2009, High Falls was acquired by the capital investment fi ...

, a Rochester, New York, brewery **

Genesee Cream Ale Genesee Cream Ale is a cream ale produced by the Genesee Brewing Company in Rochester, New York Rochester () is a City (New York), city in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, the county seat, seat of Monroe County, New York, Monro ...

, one of the brewery's brands *''

The Genesee Farmer ''The Genesee Farmer'' or ''Genesee Farmer'' was a very early periodical founded by Luther Tucker in 1831 in Rochester, New York. It was devoted to agriculture and horticulture as well as the domestic and rural economy. It was one of the earliest ...

'', an agriculture and horticulture periodical established in 1831 *

Genesee Country Village and Museum The Genesee Country Village and Museum is a 19th-century living history museum covering more than located in the town of Wheatland, New York, United States, in the small hamlet of Mumford, about from Rochester. On the museum property is the ...

, a 19th-century living history museum located in New York *

Genesee and Wyoming Railroad The Genesee and Wyoming Railroad was a flagship short-line railroad owned by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. The G&W Railroad was the small Western NY salt-hauling railroad that ran between Retsof, New York, and Caledonia, New York, only long, and b ...

, a railroad in western New York that operated from the 1890s to 2003 *

Genesee Valley Canal Railroad The Genesee Valley Canal Railroad was a part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system in western New York. It was built on the former Genesee Valley Canal alignment. History Genesee Valley Canal: 1836-1878 On May 6, 1836 an act was passed in New York ...

, a railroad in western New York state in the U.S. *

Genesee Valley Transportation Company The Genesee Valley Transportation Company (GVT Rail), based in Batavia, New York, is a holding company for several short-line railroads located in New York and Pennsylvania. Founded by Jeffrey Baxter, Charles Riedmiller, John Herbrand, Michael Th ...

, parent company of multiple New York state and Pennsylvania short-line railroads *

Genesee & Wyoming Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) is an American short line railroad holding company, that owns or maintains an interest in 122 railroads in the United States, Canada, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom and formerly Australia. It operates ...

, a railroad operating company based in Greenwich, Connecticut in the U.S. *

Genesee (automobile) The Genesee was an American automobile manufactured in Batavia, New York Batavia is a city in and the county seat of Genesee County, New York, United States. It is near the center of the county, surrounded by the Town of Batavia, which is a ...

, a prototype car built in Batavia, New York in 1911

Other uses

* ''Genesee'' (train), a named passenger train of the United States, operated by the New York Central Railroad *

Abbey of the Genesee The Abbey of the Genesee is a community of more than two dozen contemplative monks located near Piffard in the town of York, New York. They are a member of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, commonly known as the Trappists. They we ...

, a Trappist monastic community in upstate New York. * , several ships of the United States Navy

People with the surname

* Fred Genesee, Canadian psychologist and academic *

Paul Genesse Paul Genesse (born 1973) is a writer of young adult fantasy novels and a cardiac unit nurse at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah. His first book, ''The Golden Cord'', was a best seller for Five Star Publishing. Biography Genesse gra ...