Genesee Explained

Genesee, derived from the Seneca word for "pleasant valley", may refer to:

Geographic features

Canada

• Genesee, Alberta, an unincorporated community

United States

• Genesee, California
• Genesee, Colorado
• Genesee County, Michigan
• Genesee County, New York
• Genesee Falls, New York, a town
• Genesee, Idaho
• 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, a river in north central Pennsylvania and western New York
• Genesee Township, Whiteside County, Illinois
• Genesee Township, Michigan
• Genesee Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania
• Genesee, New York, a town
• Genesee College, New York state
• Genesee Valley Greenway, a rail trail in western New York state
• Genesee Valley Park, New York

Products and companies

• Genesee Brewing Company, 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, a 19th-century living history museum located in New York
• Genesee and Wyoming Railroad, a railroad in western New York that operated from the 1890s to 2003
• Genesee Valley Canal Railroad, a railroad in western New York state in the U.S.
• Genesee Valley Transportation Company, parent company of multiple New York state and Pennsylvania short-line railroads
• Genesee & Wyoming, a railroad operating company based in Greenwich, Connecticut in the U.S.
• Genesee (automobile), 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 name and surname

• Bryan Genesse (born 1964), Canadian actor and martial artist
• Fred Genesee, Canadian psychologist and academic
• Paul Genesse (born 1973), American writer
• Genesse Ivonne Moreno, female gunman responsible for the Lakewood Church shooting

See also

• Geneseo (disambiguation)