Geneva is a city in Ontario and Seneca counties in the U.S. state of New York. It is at the northern end of Seneca Lake; all land portions of the city are within Ontario County; the water portions are in Seneca County. The population was 12,812 at the 2020 census. The city is supposedly named after the city and canton of Geneva in Switzerland. The main settlement of the Seneca was spelled Zoneshio by early European settlers, and was described as being two miles north of Seneca Lake.
Northeast
Geneva
Ontario County, NY
Population
12,670
Walk Score
89 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$939
Median home value
$123,100
Founded
1793
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Genesee Park Historic District · listed 2002
- Geneva Downtown Commercial Historic District · listed 2014
- South Main Street Historic District · listed 1974
- St. Francis de Sales Parish Complex · listed 2015
Notable landmarks
- Ashcroft · listed 1975
- Belhurst Castle · listed 1987
- Farmers and Merchants Bank · listed 2008
- First Baptist Church · listed 2002
- Geneva Armory · listed 1995
- Geneva Hall and Trinity Hall, Hobart & William Smith College · listed 1973
- Hotel Seneca
- Jacobs Building
- Nester House · listed 1984
- Parrott Hall · listed 1971
- Smith Observatory and Dr. William R. Brooks House · listed 2008
- Smith's Opera House · listed 1979
- US Post Office-Geneva · listed 1989
- Washington Street Cemetery · listed 2002
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