The town was first known as Nagparitan, the early inhabitants were called Mumburi and known as a wild and fierce people who prevented the Christianized natives from settling in the vicinity.

Majority of people in the municipality are engaged in the production of commercial crops like rice, garlic, tomato, mongo and corn.

However, aside from producing agricultural products, most of them also venture into fishing, livestock and swine-raisin, rice milling, and cottage industries like furniture and hollow-blocks making, smelting, salt-making, and mat weaving.

The Digging Falls is another pride of the town, with a beautiful cascade at the boundary of Barangays Ablan and Buduan, certainly a perfect place for local and foreign tourist to spend their summer escapade.

Located on a top of a hill overlooking the vast expanse of the China Sea, it serves as a beacon light to passing ships and to local fishermen.

In the 2020 census, the population of Burgos, Ilocos Norte, was 10,759 people,[3] with a density of 83 inhabitants per square kilometre or 210 inhabitants per square mile.Poverty Incidence of Burgos Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] Burgos, belonging to the first congressional district of the province of Ilocos Norte, 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.