Conesus is a

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(and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

) in the town of Conesus, Livingston County,

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, United States. The population of the CDP was 308 at the 2010 census, out of 2,473 in the entire town of Conesus. In 2010 the CDP was listed as "Conesus Hamlet".

Geography

The Conesus CDP includes the hamlet of Conesus on the north side of the valley of South McMillan Creek, as well as the smaller hamlet of Union Corners to the north.

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passes through both hamlets, leading north to

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and southeast the same distance to Springwater. Geneseo, the Livingston

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, is to the northwest by county roads, and the city of Rochester is to the north. According to the

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, the Conesus CDP has an area of , all of it recorded as land. The hamlet sits on a topographic bench in elevation above

Conesus Lake Conesus Lake is located in Livingston County, New York. Conesus Lake is one of New York's twelve Finger Lakes. It is located off Interstate 390 about south of Interstate 90. Description Conesus Lake is long, with a maximum depth of . I ...

, the westernmost of New York's

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Demographics

References

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