Piffard is a

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(CDP) and

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in the town of

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, 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 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 Batavia. 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

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Demographics

(See table to the right.)

Notable people

Born in Piffard: * Henry Granger Piffard (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