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Piffard, New York

Census-designated place in New York, United States

42°49′42″N 77°51′03″W / 42.82833°N 77.85083°W / 42.82833; -77.85083CountryUnited StatesStateNew YorkCounty Livingston TownYorkArea

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• Total0.93 sq mi (2.42 km²) • Land0.93 sq mi (2.42 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)Elevation

568 ft (173 m)Population

(2020)

• Total208 • Density222.70/sq mi (86.01/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)Area code585GNIS feature ID960368^[2]FIPS code36-57804

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]

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

Notes

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Piffard, New York". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Piffard CDP, New York". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Abbey of the Genesee
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.