Piffard is a

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(CDP) and

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in the town of

York York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...

, Livingston County,

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, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 220. The ZIP Code is 14533.

History

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

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Abbey of the Genesee The Abbey of the Genesee is a community of more than two dozen contemplative monks located near Piffard in the town of York, New York. They are a member of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, commonly known as the Trappists. They we ...

was founded a mile north of Piffard in 1951.Abbey of the Genesee
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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.

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passes through the Piffard, leading southeast to Geneseo, the Livingston

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, and northwest to

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. According to the

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, the Piffard CDP has an area of , all land. The community sits on the western edge of the valley of the

Genesee River The Genesee River is a tributary of Lake Ontario flowing northward through the Twin Tiers of Pennsylvania and New York in the United States. The river provided the original power for the Rochester area's 19th century mills and still provides h ...

Demographics

(See table to the right.)

Notable people

Born in Piffard: *

Henry Granger Piffard Henry Granger Piffard (10 September 1842 in Piffard, New York – 8 June 1910 New York City) was author of the first systematic treatise on dermatology in America. He is heralded as one of the founders of dermatology in the U.S., having founded the ...

(1842–1910), New York dermatologist and author of the first systematic treatise on

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in America

Notes

Census-designated places in New York (state) Census-designated places in Livingston County, New York Hamlets in New York (state) Hamlets in Livingston County, New York {{LivingstonCountyNY-geo-stub