Batavia is a city in Genesee County, Western New York, USA, located near the middle of Genesee County, entirely within the Town of Batavia. Its population as of the 2000 census was 16,256. The name Batavia is Latin for the Betuwe region of the Netherlands, and honors early Dutch land developers.
The city hosts the Batavia Muckdogs baseball club of the New York-Penn League. They won the 2008 championship. In 2006, a national magazine ranked Batavi...
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Batavia is a city in Genesee County, Western New York, USA, located near the middle of Genesee County, entirely within the Town of Batavia. Its population as of the 2000 census was 16,256. The name Batavia is Latin for the Betuwe region of the Netherlands, and honors early Dutch land developers.
The city hosts the Batavia Muckdogs baseball club of the New York-Penn League. They won the 2008 championship. In 2006, a national magazine ranked Batavia third among the nation’s micropolitans based on economic development.
The New York State Thruway (Interstate 90) passes north of the city. Genesee County Airport (GVQ) is also located north of the city.
Its UN/LOCODE is USBIA.
The current City of Batavia was an early settlement in what is today called Genesee Country, the farthest western region of New York State, comprising the Genesee Valley and westward to the Niagara River, Lake Erie and the Pennsylvania line. The area was purchased in 1792 by the Holland Land Company, a consortium of...
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