Call previously Xochitlan, that in Náhuatl it means place of flowers.

Lived at the pre-Hispanic time by the Cuyutecos natives, with a little population of hundreds of people and that to the date does not exceed the 8500 inhabitants, because exists a high migration towards the United cities and States.

One of the conquerors of the region was Don Francisco Cortes of San Buenaventura that around year 1524 I arrive by the region of Tenamaxtlán and names encomendero to Pedro Go'mez and Martín Monk, having around 16 stays that belonged to the province The monks who arrived the conquerors along with were: Fray Juan Padilla and Fray Miguel of Bologna.