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Genesee County Facts

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Facts of Interest

  • Population: 60,370
  • Year Organized: 1802
  • Area: 494 Square Miles
  • County Seat: Batavia
  • Main Industry: Manufacturing
  • County Legislators: 9
  • County Nursing Homes: 1
  • Colleges and Universities: 1
  • State Parks: 1
  • Communities: 26
  • 42 Uniformed Police Officers
  • School Districts: 8

  • Named from a Seneca Indian word meaning
    “good valley.”
  • Home of the Jell-O Gallery and Museum (Town of Leroy).
  • Home of the first Union soldier to enlist for the Civil War. (City of Batavia)
  • Home of Barber B. Conable, Jr., former U.S.
  • Congressman and president of the World Bank.
Last modified: February 25, 2008
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