The name Żakowo can be traced back to 1393 when it was recorded in the testimony of one Piotr Piotrasz (who also later took on the name Żakowski).

[2] In 1564, two families were recorded paying the bishops of Poznań for land in Żakowo.

In 1793, Żakowo became the property of one Kordula, wife of Jan Turno, stolnik (court official) at the royal village of Kaliska and later general of the Polish army.

During the Partitions of Poland, the Kingdom of Prussia referred to the village as Saake.

From 1908, Żakowo was subject to the Prussian Settlement Commission established in 1886 by Otto von Bismarck.