Geneseo, New York
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Geneseo town. It lies in ZIP code area 14454. The Survey maps it on the Geneseo quadrangle. 7,574 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 909 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1904 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Geneseo
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 5 records
Main Street Historic DistrictNational Historic Landmark · listed 1977
Sweet Briarlisted 2010- Geneseo Historic Districtlisted 1977
- Homestead, Thelisted 1974
- Main Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)listed 1985
Population over time
3 figuresGeneseo fell from 7,579 to 7,574 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7,579 | |
| 2010 | 8,031 | +452 (+6%) |
| 2020 | 7,574 | -457 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 24 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1904 USGS Caledonia quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1944 USGS Geneseo quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Geneseo quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Caledonia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Canandaigua quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
162 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Geneseo between 2000 and 2020, burning about 188 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 50 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 50 |
| Smoking | 30 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 23 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Geneseo: 5 producers, 4 past producers, 1 plant. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Halite, Potassium, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Flagstone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway Dept. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Reynolds Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Old Retsof Shaft | Halite, Potassium, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | 1884 | |
| Retsof Mine | Halite, Potassium, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | 1884 | |
| Fuller Shaft | Salt | Producer | ||
| Geo.F.Hudson Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Livingston Salt Co.Well No.1 | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Phoenix Salt Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Retsof Shaft & Mill | Salt | Plant | ||
| Sterling Salt Shaft No.1 | Salt | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
22 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Geneseo in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $50,000 | Multiple large trees were downed across a large swath of Geneseo. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $50,000 | Downed trees littered the length of Route 20A east of Geneseo. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Geneseo | $20,000 | Heavy rain washed out a culvert on North Lima Road. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $20,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires down. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $12,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines near Geneseo. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $12,000 | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds on Eagle Point Road. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $10,000 | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Geneseo | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $5,000 | Trees and wires downed in Geneseo. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $4,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $2,000 | Trees and wires downed in Geneseo. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $2,000 | Trees and powerlines were reported down along Country Club Road and Lima Road. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $2,000 | Several trees were reported down throughout town. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $2,000 | Trees and wires were reported down. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneseo | $500 | A tree was reported down onto Country Club Road. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Geneseo | - | Lima Road closed due to flash flooding. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Geneseo | - | Video on social media showing water flowing across roads and up to homes along a street in downtown Geneseo. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piffard | 2.9 miles | 24 | |
| Cuylerville | 3.1 miles | 24 | |
| Teed Corners | 4.2 miles | 23 | |
| Retsof | 4.3 miles | 23 | |
| Leicester | 4.5 miles | 23 | |
| Wadsworth | 4.5 miles | 23 | |
| Shaker Crossing | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| Greigsville | 4.9 miles | 23 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Geneseo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q12058441 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950998. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








