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Plaster Rock was incorporated as the Village of Plaster Rock on November 9, 1966. The first Mayor of Plaster Rock was Don Gerrish followed by Maurice Dionne, Laura R. Reynolds, Graham Eagles, Gary Broad and presently, Robin DeMerchant.On March 7, 1874 records show that Messro Brimmer had been peddling liquor on the Tobique River and supplying jug taverns. During that winter, they were convicted for selling, contrary to the law, and find $20 and cost. In 1904 there was telephone communication from Plaster Rock to Nictau.Wooden sidewalks were built in 1913 and concrete sidewalks took their place on Main Street in 1955.In 1918, Frasers bought the Arbuckle Mill site and built a shingle mill. This site had previously been used to crush the plaster hauled from town. It has been said that as many as 50 men worked there at one time.

The first school was built in 1901 at Pig's Ear with Henry Ridgewell as its janitor. It burnt and in its place was constructed a store and the school was located over the store. The school was then later moved. One of the first teachers was Miss Gertrude Flanders. After she left, the two Page girls took charge of the school, followed by the Hart girls and later taken over by Mrs. Beulah Beatty. After this school burnt down it was replaced in 1917 by the Plaster Rock Superior School with Miss Helen Robinson as the principal. This building served the community until 1949 when it was destroyed by fire, being replaced by the modern day Donald Fraser Memorial School for elementary grades. The Tobique Valley High School was built in 1947 to accommodate grades eight through twelve.In 1920, a piano was purchased for the school. In 1936, Wiley Tomlinson was awarded the Beaverbrook Scholarship. In 1939, lights were installed by Donald Fraser, along with running water and lavoratories.

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