On June 24, 1931, representatives of the 269 people residing in the future village met inside the home of Robert H. Willets. The Willets family had resided in the area for eight generations. At the time, the Willets family lived in the house where Stephen Taber lived in 1839. That house, which is still standing, is located at 50 Andover Road, off of the Long Island Expressway's Service Road near the entrance to the Norgate neighborhood. The name of "East Hills" was adopted after then-Nassau County Attorney, H. Stewart McKnight, recommended it.