[6] Bokod was established as one of the 19 townships of Benguet during the American Rule with the enactment of Act No.

[5][6][7][8] On August 13, 1908, Benguet was established as a sub-province of the newly created Mountain Province with the enactment of Act No.

24 dated March 23, 1910, signed by W. Cameroon Forbes created the township of Bokod.

It is bounded by Kabayan on the north-east, Atok on the north-west, Tublay on the mid-west, Itogon on the south-west, and Kayapa on the east.

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 274.96 square kilometres (106.16 sq mi) [12] constituting 9.93% of the 2,769.08-square-kilometre- (1,069.15 sq mi) total area of Benguet.

Poverty Incidence of Bokod Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] Bokod, belonging to the lone congressional district of the province of Benguet, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code.