Some indigenous Siraya people live here, although their lifestyles and traditions have been almost replaced (or perhaps absorbed) by Han Chinese culture.

In 1875, Scottish missionary William Campbell made a narrow escape from an attack led by Gaw-chi-ko (吳志高), a wealthy local clan head opposed to the establishment of the foreign church.

[1] At the time, the place was a market-town called Tiam-a-khau (店仔口; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiàm-á-kháu) and was five miles west of their chapel.

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Baihe was organized as an urban township of Tainan County.

Baihe, Yongan, Waijiao, Zhuangnei, Xiuyou, Hetung, Hushan, Dalin, Kantou, Liuxi, Guanling, Xiancao, Yufeng, Dazhu, Zhaoan, Guangan, Liantan, Zhumen, Qinei, Shengan, Biantou, Neijiao, Caodian and Ganzhai Village.