[4] Kipsaramon sites contained fossil finds are dated to be within 15.8 and 15.5 Ma, and is one of only a few from the middle Miocene within the entirety of Africa.
[16] The main groups of Kalenjin peoples are the Nandi, Terik, Elgeyo, Elkony, Sabaot, Marakwet and the Kipsigis.
[17] Pottery from the district found through archaeology is recognized as having a distinct style,[18] an occurrence understood as necessitated to strengthen tribal differentiation.
Tergat started the Baringo Half Marathon in the area in 2004,[20] and it has been sponsored by Safaricom and featured athletes such as World Championship medallist Mubarak Hassan Shami.
[22] The district is estimated[23] to have had during The Il Chamus farming area was changed from an efficient and productive grain-producing economy to being reliant on importing by competition from European settlers and other tribes.
[26][27] European farmers at sometime during the 20th century occupied farming land in Nakuru previously used by Tugen and Il Chamus herders.
[28][24] The Baringo lowlands were reported during 1992 as an area of land unavailable to farming due to an environmental situation.