The villages belonged to Udvarhelyszék district until the administrative reform of Transylvania in 1876, when they fell within Udvarhely County in the Kingdom of Hungary.

After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, they became part of Romania and fell within Odorhei County during the interwar period.

After Soviet occupation, the Romanian administration returned and the villages became officially part of Romania in 1947.

The village, populated by Unitarian Hungarians, was first mentioned in a tithe list from 1332.

Rugănești is a Székely village, next to Cristuru Secuiesc on the Nyikó creek.