Piffard, New York

Piffard is a census-designated place (CDP) and hamlet in the town of York, Livingston County, New York, United States.^[2] As of the 2010 census, its population was 220.^[3] The ZIP Code is 14533.^[4]

Piffard, New York
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 42°49′42″N 77°51′03″W
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Livingston
Town	York
Area [1]
• Total	0.93 sq mi (2.42 km2)
• Land	0.93 sq mi (2.42 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	568 ft (173 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	208
• Density	222.70/sq mi (86.01/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	585
GNIS feature ID	960368[2]
FIPS code	36-57804

History

The name is from early settler David Piffard. Westerly, a historic home, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[5]

The Roman Catholic Abbey of the Genesee was founded a mile north of Piffard in 1951.^[6]

Geography

Piffard is in northwestern Livingston County, in the southeast part of the town of York. It is bordered to the west by the Hamlet of Retsof. New York State Route 63 passes through the Piffard, leading southeast 3 miles (5 km) to Geneseo, the Livingston county seat, and northwest 22 miles (35 km) to Batavia.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Piffard CDP has an area of 0.93 square miles (2.4 km²), all land. The community sits on the western edge of the valley of the Genesee River.

Demographics

(See table to the right.)

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	208		—
U.S. Decennial Census[7]

Notable people

Born in Piffard:

• Henry Granger Piffard (1842–1910), New York dermatologist and author of the first systematic treatise on dermatology in America