Wykagyl consists primarily of sprawling, residential parks and planned communities built in the early to mid twentieth century, featuring large period-style homes and large well landscaped lots.
The area's unusual name (pronounced WIHK'-uh-gihl or WICK-uh-gill)[REF] is commonly believed to have originated through the combination of two Native American words: wigwos, meaning birch bark, and keag, meaning country.