The first written mention of the village refers to 1591, when it was a part of the Ruthenian voivodeship of the Rzeczpospolita.

[3] In the years 1772-1918, Lavochne was part of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria under Austrian rule.

According to one telling, the village's name derives from wooden benches (Ukrainian: лавки lavky) stacked in order to cross the river.

[7] On July 10, 2012, the church was destroyed in a fire caused by a lightning strike.

Lavochne is the hometown of the heroes of Mirjam Pressler's novel "Malka Mai".