[5] The Roman Catholic Abbey of the Genesee was founded a mile north of Piffard in 1951.

[6] Piffard is in northwestern Livingston County, in the southeast part of the town of York.

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.