A river in New York and Pennsylvania, or places named after this river. The name comes from a Seneca word meaning 'beautiful valley.'
From Seneca jen-nis-heh meaning 'beautiful valley' or 'pleasant banks.' The Seneca were part of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) confederacy, and their language contributed many place names throughout New York state.
The Genesee River flows north into Lake Ontario, making it one of the few major rivers in the eastern United States that doesn't flow toward the Atlantic Ocean. The river powered numerous flour mills in the 19th century, making Rochester, New York, known as the 'Flour City' before it became the 'Flower City.'
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