Genesee, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
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>From "Individual Studies of Place Names in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, James Valsin 
Coumes, Tangipahoa Parish Resource Unit, Tangipahoa Parish School Board, 1972."

GENESEE

Genessee, a regular stop on the Illinois Central Railroad, was located between Tickfaw and 
Natalbany.  Here was the site of a large sawmill and commissary.

Genesee means "beautiful valley," the word stemming from the Iroquois "gen-nis-he-yo" or 
"gen-nus-hee-o."  The name appears to have come from Genesee County in the State of New 
York.  Shortly after 1900, Captain Arthur Loranger, a Canadian, came from New York to 
Louisiana.  He became president of the Genesee Lumber Company.

On U. S. Highway 51 today, between Tickfaw and Natalbany, a sign has been erected to 
designate the Genesee Road, which runs east and west across the highway.  Where the Illinois 
Central Railroad crosses the road east of U. S. Highway 51 was once what might be called the 
village of Genesee, the sawmill and store being located in its heart.