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Genesee County
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county in New York, United States
Genesee County is a county located in New York State in the United States. It is part of the Western New York region and contains communities that contribute to the economic and social life of upstate New York.
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- Population
- 58388
- Area
- 1283
- Official website
- www.geneseeny.gov
- Image
- Genesee County Courthouse Oct 09.JPG
- Households
- 24174
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- Commons category
- Genesee County, New York
- inception
- 1803-03-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.5
- native label
- Genesee County
- per capita income
- 30846
- contact page URL
- www.geneseeny.gov/Home/gc/Phone-Directory
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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 the Seneca word Gen-nis'-hee-yo, meaning "the Beautiful Valley". The county was created in 1802 and organized in 1803. The county is part of the Finger Lakes region of the state.
Genesee County comprises the Batavia, NY micropolitan statistical area, which is also in the Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY combined statistical area. It is in Western New York. It is the namesake of Genesee County, Michigan; that is, the Michigan county was named for Genesee County, New York.