the village of woxall was originally known as kroppestettel, which in pennsylvania dutch means crowtown. the village was later named mechanicsville. by the end of the eighteenth century, the town contained a hotel and restaurant, town hall, shoe shop, wheelwright, and 12 homes. the village kept the name mechanicsville until 1888 when a post office was established. a new name needed to be selected for the post office because another pennsylvania town had the same name. after much discussion, residents submitted the name noxall, "knocks all" to postal authorities. the name had been read on the side of a bar of a box of soap in the village store. evidently, they misread the "n" for a "w" and approved the name woxall for the post office.