Located on Marshyhope Creek (formerly known as the Northwest Branch of the Nanticoke River), the place that became Brookview was first settled by a man named Crockets Lord. He established a ferry across the river, connecting the town of Crockets Ferry with Eldorado. The place became a trading and ship-building center in its early days, moving grain and lumber out of the area along the waterways. A tavern or roadhouse was the first public building to be built in the town.

Crockets Ferry was renamed Brookview around 1900, and a bridge replaced the ferry in 1903. The current bridge was built in 1932 according to a particularly interesting design. At one time, there were three stores and a shirt factory in the town, but that has changed. Now the village is a peaceful farming community of about 95 residents.