Genesee Country Village also has fine examples of 19th-century public buildings and churches. Genesee Country settlers came from communities where churches had been an integral part of life. The early pioneers of the Genesee Country formed their churches in accordance with the established precepts of their denomination. However unconventional the setting — a house, a barn, an open field — the conduct of worship was generally as orthodox as circumstances allowed. Eventually, they felt the need to build a meeting house or church.

In the same way, local governments and town meetings in the newly opened land were organized along familiar lines. As soon as the town's resources permitted, a town hall was built. A post office and other public buildings followed. In addition, along with their religious and civic heritages, the Genesee Country settlers brought a tradition of public education to their new land. In the 19th-century one-room schoolhouse, Genesee Country scholars learned their ABCs and their numbers. In the Genesee Country Village, each public building, church, etc. (on the map above and listed below) is authentically furnished and supplied with the objects appropriate to the building's use.