West Easton was incorporated by the Court of Quarter Sessions of Northampton County, Pennsylvania on May 30, 1898.

Its incorporation was strenuously opposed by a large number of property owners and it was a slim majority who signed in favor of it.

Only after a heated debate before Judge Schuyler on June 10, 1898, did he deny the minority's objections to incorporation, and upheld the charter granted.

By the 1920s and into the 1930s, West Easton was a hub of manufacturing activity and employment opportunities, with mills producing textiles and small businesses providing services.

By then, West Easton had its own school, youth sports teams, a trolley connection, railroad freight and coal lines, a police department, a self-supporting volunteer fire company, and numerous community committees staffed by involved citizens.

In the decades following World War II, West Easton felt the effects of many prosperous towns dependent upon industry that was succumbing to imported goods and production lines that required fewer human workers.

West Easton's youth sports programs ended and civic committees could not retain enough active members.

Following installation of new council members from that election, West Easton's new leadership concentrated on improving transparency of local government, took an aggressive approach to obtaining grant awards and donations, promoted community volunteerism, reestablished discarded community activities, and investigated creating its own police department.

In 2017, Mayor Gerald Gross, who had served the borough for 52 years, beginning as a Councilman, chose not to run for re-election.

The new council began to concentrate on previously neglected infrastructure, including roads and public sidewalks.

A $124,000 storm drain project, paid for with a grant, relieved residents experiencing flooding problems on their property and sidewalks.

The Borough hired Mr. Robert Mahady, a retired PA State Trooper, as a consultant to navigate the red tape of creating a new police force.

In May 2019, West Easton made improvements to its War Monument Park with the addition of The Gold Star Fountain and landscaping work, in an ongoing project to be funded with grants.

Now renamed West Easton Volunteer Fire Company #1, it relies on significant financial support from the borough.