Town of Geneseo - 1789 Livingston County, New York You are the 31590 visitor, since 11/03/97. French's Gazetteer of New York State, 1860 GENESEO---was formed in Jan. 1789. it is an interior town, lying N. of the center of the co. Its surface is undulating, with an abrupt declivity of 200 to 300 feet toward the river, on the W. Genesee River, forming its W. boundary, is bordered by fertile flats of an average width of about half a mi. The other principal streams are Fall Creek, and several small brooks that flow W. into the river and E. into Conesus Lake. On Fall Creek, S. of the village is a perpendicular fall of 70 feet. The soil is clay and clay loam. Geneseo,(p.v.) a station on the G.V.R.R., was incorp. April 21, 1832; it contains the co. building, 5 churches, the Geneseo Academy, 2 banks, a library, gristmill, furnace, and machine shop, and about 2,000 inhabitants. Settlement was commenced by Lem'l B. Jenkins and Capt. Noble, about 1788 or '89, near the village. The first church organization is supposed to have been in 1795, in the N. E. part of the town, near Lakeville. 1872 map of Geneseo provided by Paul T. Culley Cemeteries

Resources TOWN CLERK : Jean Bennett, 119 Main Street, Geneseo, NY 14454 TOWN HISTORIAN : David W. Parish, 119 Main St., Geneseo, NY 14454, eMail: geneseohistorydude@hotmail.com LIBRARIES Livingston County Clerk's Office, 2 Court Street, Geneseo,NY 14454-1048 State University of New York College at Geneseo, Milne Library Wadsworth Library, 24 Center Street, Geneseo, NY 14454 BOOKS Doty, Lockwood R., A History of Livingston County, New York, Geneseo,NY, E.E. Doty, 1876. Doty, Lockwood R., History of the Genesee Country, Chicago, S.J. Clark Publishing Co., 1925. Hatch, Alden, The Wadsworths of Geneseo, New York, Coward McCann, 1959. Patchett, Anna E., Historically Speaking, Geneseo, Livingston County Historical Society, 1978. (63 pages) Smith, James H., History of Livingston County, New York, Syracuse,NY, D.Mason & Co., 1881. ORGANIZATIONS: American Legion, J. Livingston Wadsworth Post 271, Box 375, Geneseo. Livingston County Historical Society, 30 Center Street, (585)243-9147 Temple Hill Cemetery Assoc., Temple Hill, Geneseo, NY 14454 (585)243-3440 Veterans of Foreign Wars, Geneseo Memorial Post No.1346, Geneseo. Veterans of Foreign Wars, Frederick Totten Post No.5005, Geneseo. CHURCHES Assembly of God, 2 Haley Avenue, Geneseo, (585)243-3361 Central Presbyterian Church, 31 Center Street, Geneseo, (585)243-0669 Cornerstone Baptist Church, 4232 Reservoir Rd, Geneseo, (585)243-4514 Geneseo Baptist Church, 26 Center Street, Geneseo, (585)243-0200 Interfaith Center(Unitarian Universalist Services), Geneseo, (585)243-1460 Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, 4631 Lakeville Road, Geneseo, (585)243-0130 St.Mary's Catholic Church, 4 Avon Road, Geneseo, (585)243-1100 St.Michael's Episcopal, 23 Main Street, Geneseo, (585)243-1220 Shepherd's Fold Church and Ministries, 109 Main St (585)243-4375 FOOTNOTES [Geneseo] Originally called "Big Tree," from the immense elm tree that stood on the banks of the river near the village. (back) [Geneseo Academy] This institution is located on Temple Hill, in the E. part of the village. The buildings were erected in 1826. James Wadsworth was principally instrumental in starting the school. It is under the control of the Buffalo Synod. (back) [village] Wm. and James Wadsworth settled in town in 1790. They came from Durham,Conn., with a small party, and located on the present site of the village. Richard Steele kept the first inn, in 1793, and Hall & Miner the first store, in 1794. (back) [the town] The census reports 5 churches; 2 Presb., M.E., Prot. E., and R.C. (back) © Copyright Livingston County, New York GenWeb Return to Livingston County GenWeb Homepage