Genesee County, New York

Genesee County is a located in the  of. As of the, the population was 60,370. Its name is from a  word meaning "good valley." Its is.

History
When counties were established in New York State in, the present Genesee County was part of. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of and, in theory, extending westward to the. This county was reduced in size on, by the creation of , and further on ,  by the creation of , both containing territory now in Vermont.

On, , what was left of Albany County was split into three parts, one remaining under the name Albany County. One of the other pieces,, contained the western portion (and thus, since no western boundary was specified, theoretically still extended west to the Pacific). The eastern boundary of Tryon County was approximately five miles west of the present city of, and the county included the western part of the and the area west of the West Branch of the. The area then designated as Tryon County now includes 37 counties of New York State. The county was named for, colonial governor of New York.

In the years prior to, most of the Loyalists in Tryon County fled to. In, following the peace treaty that ended the , the name of Tryon County was changed to in order to honor the general, , who had captured several places in Canada and died attempting to capture the city of , replacing the name of the hated British governor.

In, was split off from Montgomery.

All of the land of present day Genesee County was part of the in  and was sold through the 's office in, starting in.

Genesee County was created by a splitting of Ontario County in. This was much larger than the present Genesee County, however.

In, was created from Genesee County.

In, , , and were created from Genesee County. Niagara County at that time also included the present.

In, portions of Genesee County were combined with portions of Ontario County to create and.

In, was created from Genesee County.

In, was created from Genesee County.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,283 (495 ). 1,280 km² (494 sq mi) of it is land and 3 km² (1 sq mi) of it (0.25%) is water.

Genesee County is in the western portion of the state, east of and southwest of.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 60,370 people, 22,770 households, and 15,825 families residing in the county. The was 47/km² (122/sq mi). There were 24,190 housing units at an average density of 19/km² (49/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 94.69%, 2.13% or , 0.78% , 0.48% , 0.02% , 0.71% from , and 1.18% from two or more races. 1.50% of the population were or  of any race. 25.0% were of, 15.2% , 13.5% , 13.1% , 8.9% and 5.6%  ancestry according to.

There were 22,770 households out of which 33.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.40% were living together, 9.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.50% were non-families. 24.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.10% under the age of 18, 7.50% from 18 to 24, 29.50% from 25 to 44, 22.60% from 45 to 64, and 14.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 96.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $40,542, and the median income for a family was $47,771. Males had a median income of $34,430 versus $23,788 for females. The for the county was $18,498. About 5.60% of families and 7.60% of the population were below the, including 9.00% of those under age 18 and 6.80% of those age 65 or over.

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Educational institutions
The county has 8 public school districts:
 * Alexander Central School District
 * Batavia City School District
 * Byron-Bergen Central School District
 * Elba Central School District
 * LeRoy Central School District
 * Oakfield-Alabama Central School District
 * Pavilion Central School District
 * Pembroke Central School District

Several private schools at the primary and secondary levels are also maintained:
 * St. Joseph Elementary School, Batavia, NY
 * Notre Dame High School, Batavia, NY
 * St. Paul Lutheran School, Batavia, NY
 * Mary's Grace School, Batavia, NY
 * Genesee Christian Academy, Batavia, NY
 * Holy Family School, LeRoy, NY

has its main campus in the.