Beginnings:
When Oyster Bay Town purchased what is now Brookville, NY from the Matinecocks in the mid-1600's, the area was known as Suco's Wigwam. Most pioneers were English, many of them Quakers. They were soon joined by Dutch settlers from western Long Island, who called the surrounding area Wolver Hollow, apparently because wolves gathered at spring-fed Shoo Brook to drink. For most of the 19th Century, the village was called Tapentown after a prominent family. Brookville became the preferred name after the Civil War and was used on 1873 maps.
Read more about Brookville Real Estate and its history.
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