Pavilion, New York
human settlement in Genesee County, New York, United States of America
Pavilion is a town in Genesee County, New York, United States. The population was 2,495 at the 2010 census. The town was named after a hotel in Saratoga Springs, New York, by an early resident. The town of Pavilion is in the southeastern corner of Genesee County and is southeast of the city of Batavia.
History
The area was first settled circa 1805. The town of Pavilion was founded in 1841 from the town of Covington (in Wyoming County). More territory was gained in 1842 from the towns of Le Roy and Stafford.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 35.7 square miles (92 km2), of which 35.6 square miles (92 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2), or 0.28%, is water.
The east town line is the border of Livingston County, and the south and part of the west town line is the border of Wyoming County.
Oatka Creek, a tributary of the Genesee River, flows northward through the town into the town of Stafford.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Pavilion, New York” is human settlement in Genesee County, New York, United States of America. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Pavilion, York and human, not as a finished interpretation.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3708933. Authority coordinates are 42.876, -78.023. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2010, 1805, 1841 and 1842.
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