It is located in the micro-region of Rio do Sul, with agriculture as its main economic activity.

It is possible to mention as the first immigrants to live in the region, the pioneers Leopoldo and Oswaldo Zwicker, Atwig Will and the Prochnow family.

The book "Agrolândia from Trombudo Alto to our times" mentions Agrolândia pioneers Eduard and Johann Will, Otto Zwicker, Wilhelm Kanitz and Otto, Leopold and Bruno Prochnow.

The name Agrolândia is the toponym translator of the economic activity that predominated in the municipality, whose inhabitants are dedicated, above all, to farming.

Geographically divided into Centro, Bairro São João, Bairro Três Barras, Bairro Siegel, Bairro Ipiranga and rural communities of Serra dos Alves, Carrapatos, Serra Velha, Ribeirão Garganta, Rio Novo, Ribeirão das Pedras, Rio Bonito, São João Novo, Alto São João, Ribeirão Xaxim, Ribeirão do Tigre, Valada do Tigre, Barra do Tigre and Pitangueira.