Genesee, derived from the

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word for "pleasant valley", may refer to:

Geographic features

Canada

Genesee, Alberta Genesee is an unincorporated community in central Alberta, Canada within Leduc County. The community was named after Genesee, New York, the native home of a first settler. Geography Genesee is located off Highway 770 south of the North S ...

, an unincorporated community

United States

Genesee, California Genesee (formerly, Geneseo) is an unincorporated community in Plumas County, California. It lies at an elevation of 3701 feet (1128 m). Genesee is located east-southeast of Taylorsville. It is named for the one of the several places in New York ...

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 population ...

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 WHIG ...

* Genesee Falls, New York, a town *

Genesee, Idaho Genesee is a city in Latah County, Idaho, United States. The population was 955 at the 2010 census, up from 946 in 2000.Genesee Theatre, Waukegan, Illinois * Genesee, Lansing, Michigan, 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), 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 ...

, a river in north central Pennsylvania and western New York * Genesee Township, Whiteside County, Illinois *

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 21,581 ...

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 Rive ...

, 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 fir ...

, a Rochester, New York, brewery ** Genesee Cream Ale, one of the brewery's brands *'' The Genesee Farmer'', 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, New York, Mumford, about from Rochester, New York, Roche ...

, 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 ...

, 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 Yo ...

, 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 ...

, 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 A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people inste ...

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

People with the surname