Excavations conducted near the town of Nowodworce provided evidence of the settlement of these areas in the Bronze Age, which lasted in Poland until around 1800 BCE.

Traces of prehistoric and early-historic settlements have been found in the vicinity of almost every modern village in the Wasilków commune.

A breakthrough date in the history of Wasilków is December 8, 1566, when King Sigismund II Augustus granted town rights and a coat of arms.

Two days after granting town rights - on December 10, 1566, King Sigismund II Augustus issued a privilege allowing the creation of a Catholic parish.

In the post-war period, a significant date is July 1, 1947, when Father Wacław Rabczyński was appointed vicar and administrator of the parish under the invocation of Transfiguration of the Lord in Wasilków.

Rabczyński began in 1958 and completed in 1966 the construction of the church of Of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy at Kościuszko Street.

The determinant of the changes taking place in the post-war years was the development of Emilia Plater Wool Industry Plant, which in its heyday employed about 2,500 employees.

The beginnings of the parish are closely related to the granting of town rights to the settlement of Wasilków by king Zygmunt August on December 8, 1556.

The decor of the cemetery is rich in details of small architecture: turrets, terraces and miniatures of ancient temples.

In the cemetery there are seven groups of sculptures referring to the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus, two fountains and about sixty historic tombstones, the oldest of which is from 1896.

Wacław Rabczyński, who with his hard work contributed to the construction of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy in 1958-1966, as well as the chapel with accompanying facilities in Święta Woda.

For many years, the Society of the Friends of the Wasilkow Region has carried out fundraising activities for the renovation of historic figures in the cemetery.

In June 2007, a stone path and a lapidarium were made in the cemetery commemorating the Jews who lived in Wasilków before World War II.

The cemetery is a special, historical place that honors the victims of the German occupation and attracts followers of all religions.

It owes its name to the spring around which there are many legends related to healing dating back to the Middle Ages.

The first documented mention of the uniqueness of this place comes from 1719, in which a man named Basil, after washing his face, regained his eyesight, which he had lost two years earlier.

After many historical turmoil (the later brick chapel was destroyed by the Red Army during World War II), the reconstruction of this place was undertaken by Rev.

The chapel was completely restored, a Grotto was built by the spring (similar to the one in Lourdes in France), and seven Passion altars were placed on the adjacent hills.

An open-air museum, the purpose of which is to protect monuments of wooden architecture in Podlaskie, as well as to recreate the traditional rural landscape of the region, is located on the vast area within the administrative boundaries of Wasilków, by the national road No.