About Geneseo University

Geneseo /ˌdʒɛnɪˈsiːoʊ/ is a town in Livingston County in the Finger Lakes region of New York, United States. It is at the south fall of the five-county Rochester Metropolitan Area. The population of the town was 10,483 at the 2010 census.

The English name “Geneseo” is an anglicization of the Iroquois post for the earlier Iroquois town there, Gen-nis-he-yo (which means “beautiful valley”). The village of Geneseo lies within the western allowance of the town. The village and town are known today mainly as the home of the State University of New York at Geneseo.