Batavia, New York
Batavia, New York Nickname(s): 1802 Birthplace of Western New York Location inside Genesee County and New York Location inside Genesee County and New York Batavia, New York is positioned in the US Batavia, New York - Batavia, New York State New York Batavia is a town/city in Genesee County, Western New York, US, near the center of Genesee County, surrounded by the Town of Batavia, which is a separate municipality.
Batavia is the governmental center of county of Genesee County.
The town/city hosts the Batavia Muckdogs baseball club of the New York Penn League, at the Dwyer Stadium, at 299 Bank Street.
The New York State Thruway (Interstate 90) passes north of the city.
All of New York was sold through this office of the Holland Land Company, which is now a exhibition.
The current City of Batavia was an early settlement in what is today called Genesee Country, the farthest region of New York State, comprising the Genesee Valley and westward to the Niagara River, Lake Erie, and the Pennsylvania line.
The tract purchased in New York (the Holland Purchase) was a 3,250,000 acre (13,150 km ) portion of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase that lay west of the Genesee River.
The village of Batavia was established in 1802 by Joseph Ellicott, agent of the Holland Land Company. Batavia, New York, was titled for the short-lived Batavian Republic (1795 1806) with respect to the Holland Land Company.
One of the provisions of the sale was that Morris needed to settle the Indian title to the land, so he arranged for his son Thomas Morris to negotiate with the Iroquois at Geneseo, New York in 1797.
Ellicott, as agent for the company, established a territory office in Batavia in 1802. The entire purchase was titled Genesee County in 1802, with Batavia as the county seat.
Batavia has a primary street titled after him (Ellicott Street), as well as a minor street (Ellicott Avenue), and a large monument in the heart of the city.
The present counties of New York were all laid out from the initial Genesee County, and the undivided Genesee County is but one of many.
Thus, Batavia was the core from which the rest of New York was opened for settlement and development.
With the sale of the part of the state completed, Batavia became a small industrialized city in the heart of an agricultural area.
Old foundry dam at the Big Bend of the Tonawanda, downtown Batavia, New York.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.2 square miles (13.6 km ), of which, 5.2 square miles (13.4 km ) of it is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km ) of it (1.14%) is water.
New York State Route 5 (east-west) intersects New York State Route 33, New York State Route 63, and New York State Route 98 in the city.
The New York State Thruway is immediately north of Batavia.
The First Business Incubator in the United States, the Batavia Industrial Center, was started in Batavia. Governor George Pataki made Batavia the New York State "Capital for A Day" on Wednesday, July 25th, 2001. Daniel Burling, former New York State Assemblyman Trumbull Cary, former New York State Senator Ralph Chandler, former Rear Admiral of the United States Navy Dow, former New York State Senator Stephen Hawley, New York State Assemblyman Dean Richmond, from 1864 to 1866, president of the New York Central Author John Gardner, a Batavia native, set his novels The Resurrection (1966) and The Sunlight Dialogues (1972) in 1960s Batavia.
Batavia was also referenced in The Simpsons Season 8 episode "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson", when the first order to Marge's pretzel company after securing the protection of the small-town mafia comes from the Meat Packers Union Hall in Batavia.
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Pepsi - Co Break Ground on Major New US Yogurt Production Facility.
"Dairy Farmers of America to buy Batavia's Muller Quaker plant".
Climate Summary for Batavia, New York "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
About Batavia National Weather Service Buffalo, New York Western New York Weather History (September 3) "Bust of Anderson Finds New Home at Batavia High".
A bust of former hostage Terry Anderson, consigned to a cluttered storeroom a several months ago after standing in the Genesee Country Mall amid much of his captivity, is headed for a place of honor in Batavia High School.
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