Genesee, California

Genesee
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 40°02′35″N 120°45′14″W / 40.04306°N 120.75389°W / 40.04306; -120.75389Coordinates: 40°02′35″N 120°45′14″W / 40.04306°N 120.75389°W / 40.04306; -120.75389
Country	United States
State	California
County	Plumas County
Elevation^[1]	3,701 ft (1,128 m)

Genesee (formerly, Geneseo)^[2] is an unincorporated community in Plumas County, California.^[1] It lies at an elevation of 3701 feet (1128 m).^[1] Genesee is located 5 miles (8.0 km) east-southeast of Taylorsville.^[2]

The Geneseo post office operated from 1865 to 1868, and again from 1880 to 1940.^[2]

Local legends sometimes use Genesee as a location for ghost stories.

References

1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Genesee, California
1 2 3 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 379. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

Municipalities and communities of Plumas County, California, United States

County seat: Quincy

City	Portola

CDPs	Almanor Beckwourth Belden Blairsden Bucks Lake C-Road Canyondam Caribou Chester Chilcoot-Vinton Clio Crescent Mills Cromberg Delleker East Quincy East Shore Gold Mountain Graeagle Greenhorn Greenville Hamilton Branch Indian Falls Iron Horse Johnsville Keddie La Porte Lake Almanor Country Club Lake Almanor Peninsula Lake Almanor West Lake Davis Little Grass Valley Mabie Meadow Valley Mohawk Vista Paxton Plumas Eureka Prattville Quincy Spring Garden Storrie Taylorsville Tobin Twain Valley Ranch Warner Valley Whitehawk

Unincorporated communities	Buckeye Cascade Cedar Mill Chilcoot Drakesbad Feather River Inn Feather River Park Five Points Foxwood Genesee Grays Flat Hawley Hot Springs Longville Massack Merlin Moccasin Mohawk Palmetto Quincy Junction Rock Creek Rock Creek Camp Rock Crest Rodgers Flat Seneca Sloat Spanish Ranch Two Rivers Vinton Virgilia

Ghost towns	Argentine Bells Bar Bontes Chases China Gulch Crow Delaney Dentens Dutch Hill Edmanton English Bar Hartwell Hindu Hopnomkoyo Jamison Keep Kerby Kettle Kotasi Little Jamison Lovejoy Nakankoyo Richmond Hill Round Valley Silver Creek Squirrel Creek Summit Tasikoyo Walkermine Wonderland

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