[6] Geographically, Penfield includes a number of parks with a variety of terrain, water features, lodges and shelters, open spaces, and athletic facilities.

[citation needed] The same forces that created the Finger Lakes helped develop interesting terrain in and around Ellison Park.

These glacial ice melt carvings left fertile lands which today is used in farming (and from the late 20th century to the present, housing developments).

The soil is rich for farming certain types of apples, cherries, plums, peaches, and pears.

[11] As with many suburbs of the United States of America, Penfield's workforce co-exists with the major corporations and institutions found in the Rochester, NY metropolitan area.

Major public and private corporations with a geographic footprint in Penfield include Paychex, Nalge Nunc International, Birds Eye Foods, and Wegmans.

[12] Additionally, there are several privately-run schools: The lands that now constitute the town of Penfield were part of the hunting grounds of the Seneca Nation, a member of the Haudenosaunee tribes.

There is no evidence of Seneca settlements within Penfield, but the town does include the place now called "Indian Landing."

This included a water route with only two portages leading from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico.

After passing through several hands, townships 13 and 14 of range IV of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase were acquired by Daniel Penfield in several transactions during the course of 1795.

Modern Penfield is, with minor differences, township 13 of range IV of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase.

In 1966 the Penfield Town hall was moved to its current location at 3100 Atlantic Avenue.

Major responsibilities can be grouped into planning and preservation, libraries and recreation, ethics and environment, trails and transportation.

Second- and third-level support is provided by trained and untrained citizens lending a helping hand.