The Town of Black Brook, in the southwest corner of the county, was formed from the Town of Peru on March 29, 1849. The town is named for the principal river that flows through it. The first settler in the area was Zephaniah Palmer who settled on the Ausable River in 1825.
Historian
Doris Akey
P.O. Box 715, Ausable Forks, NY 12912
518-647-8221
COMMUNITIES IN THE TOWN OF BLACK BROOK
Black Brook, Clayburgh, Devins Corners, Disco, East Kilns, Garlick Falls, Hawkeye, Palmer Hill, Riverview, Silver Lake, Stevens Landing, Swastika, Thomasville, Union Falls, Williamsburg
