Infanta Pangasinan

Infanta was formerly a barangay by the name of San Juan, named after its Patron Saint. In 1876 or thereabouts, said barangay was organized into a regular municipality under the leadership of the late Don Juan Miano and Don Juan Merindo and was christened San Felipe, which was located in the sitio of Nangalisan, a place about three (3) kilometers southeast of the present Infanta town. Due to the frequent depredation and raids by lawless people called "tulisanes" who robbed the people thereof, the people of the new town took action and moved the municipality to a safer place near the beach west of its original site.

It was a year 1904 when the town transferred to its present site. It was called "INFANTA" so named in honor of then "Infanta queen Isabel of Spain" as she was then fondly called or referred to during the Spanish regime. Formerly, Infanta had an approximate area of 240 square kilometers only but when the big Barangay of Eguia was fused with our said town, the area became around 330 square kilometers. At this period, Infanta was separated from her mother municipality of Sta. Cruz, Zambales and was included as part of the Province of Pangasinan.