Both the village and town are locally pronounced \Krō-gun\ (with a hard g and silent h, emphasis on the first syllable).

The southwestern part of the town was the locale of an ill-fated colony of refugees from the French Revolution.

Mr. Basselin came to America and settled in Croghan, where he became the town's first millionaire due to his successful logging business.

The American Maple Museum, which is located next to St. Stephen's church, was originally the Father Leo Memorial School.

[6] The Croghan Island Mill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

The firefighters, who were excited by the rescue, underestimated the danger of the fire to spread to nearby structures.

This weakened the water pressure significantly, which later handicapped the effort to stop the blaze.

32 buildings were destroyed, including the post office, a general store, Peter Shinbourne's Shoe factory, William Ritz's Café, Raymond Lee's five and ten cent store, Norman Martin's hotel and many people's homes.

On the other side of the street, Monett's store, many more homes, the Town Hall, Honsicker's Meat Market, S.E.

The Town Hall and Opera House had both been recently remodeled at large expense.

The local fire department realized that they needed assistance and made a call for help to Lowville.

The Farney & Steiner and Virkler feed and grist mills were destroyed along with much value in machinery.

On the opposite side of the street the blaze stopped at the Basselin Mansion, both of which still stand there today.

NY-126 intersects east–west highway New York State Route 410 by the western town line.