The West Genesee Central School District

Camillus, New York

A great place to live, work and play.

DIRECTIONS: The West Genesee Central School District is located primarily in the Town of Camillus (in zip codes 13031 and13219). The area is in the center of New York State in the beautiful Finger Lakes region, a few miles to the west of the city of Syracuse. Camillus is in Onondaga County, along Route 5, on the banks of the Nine Mile River. There is a Town of Camillus and a Village of Camillus.

The Town of Camillus was originally settled in 1791 by Captain Isaac Lindsay. In 1862 a fork of the Erie Canal ran through the village. The Town of Camillus currently contains 9,315 families made up of 63,600 individuals.

Erie Canal enlargement that went through Camillus.

The area has some rolling terrain caused by ice age glaciers and their resulting drumlin hills. Nine Mile Creek features excellent trout fishing, and the area contains the Camillus State Forest, one of the few "old growth" forests left in New York State. The forest features hardwood trees (mostly maples) that are over 350 years old. These tress have been growing since before the first settles arrived in the area.

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