After the conquest the area became part of the encomienda system which lasted until the end of the colonial era.

[2] During the Caste War of Yucatán, the village was sacked by the rebel indigenous people and the 300 white inhabitants fled.

Colonel Eulogio Rosado y Estevéz established a headquarters in 1848, 25 miles away in the town of Ichmul, to try to recover Chikindzonot.

The other populated areas of the municipality include Chan-Chimilá, Chan Santa María e Ichmul; Chaxán, Ichmul, San Cristóbal, San José, Xarco, X-Campana, X-Kancabdzonot, Xkanteíl, Xoax Dzonot, Xpoxil, Yokdzonot Carrillo, and Yokdzonot Viejo.

[4][2] The significant populations are shown below: Every year from the 1 to the 18 February the town holds a traditional village festival and in October, a celebration for its patron saint, St. Francis of Assisi.