The town of San Jacinto was founded in the year 1601, marked by the event of laying a cornerstone of the Catholic Church and the convent by the Spanish Priest Fr. Herminigildo Melgar. With the completion of the church and convent the town began to exist as a separate municipality from Mangaldan as it was then a part of said town before 1601.
The first Capitan of the municipality was Don Diego Agbunag and the last Capitan Municipal was Don Bernardo Lopez, who held the position from 1894-1895 the year when the Spanish rule came to an end.
On January 23, 1870, the Alcalde Mayor of the Province of Pangasinan, came to San Jacinto and proceeded to Claris to inaugurate the newly created town of Pozorrubio, formerly a barrio belonging to San Jacinto. In the year 1892, the strongest earthquake occurred in San Jacinto destroying the church, the convent, the tower and the municipal building as well. This catastrophe happened during the reign of Don Jose Sanchez as Capitan Mayor.
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