Piffard, New York

Coordinates: 42°49′42″N 77°51′03″W / 42.82833°N 77.85083°W / 42.82833; -77.85083
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Piffard, New York
Piffard is located in New York
Piffard
Piffard
Piffard is located in the United States
Piffard
Piffard
Coordinates: 42°49′42″N 77°51′03″W / 42.82833°N 77.85083°W / 42.82833; -77.85083
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountyLivingston
TownYork
Area
 • Total0.934 sq mi (2.42 km2)
 • Land0.934 sq mi (2.42 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
568 ft (173 m)
Population
 • Total220
 • Density240/sq mi (91/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code585
GNIS feature ID960368[3]
FIPS code36-57804

Piffard (also known as Piffardinia) is a census-designated place (CDP) and hamlet in the town of York, Livingston County, New York, United States.[3] As of the 2010 census, its population was 220.[2] 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 of it recorded as land. The community sits on the western edge of the valley of the Genesee River.

Notes

  1. ^ "U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: New York". U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Piffard CDP, New York". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Piffard, New York". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  5. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  6. ^ Abbey of the Genesee