"[4] The earliest records of Cumaral's history were documented by Father Fray Agustín Gómez, Parish Priest of San Juan de Arama.

He also noted that indigenous people had long inhabited the area inland from the original town of Cumaral, which had ceased to exist by that time.

[5] Modern-day Cumaral began to take shape in 1917, approximately six kilometers north of Laguna del Pueblo, near the Guacavía River.

Initially named Boca de Monte, the settlement marked the boundary between the dense jungle covering the foothills from Villavicencio to Restrepo and the start of the savanna.

The founding of Boca de Monte was spearheaded by notable figures, including Manuel Saavedra Hernández, Eustorgio Pinzón Machado, Faustino Pulido Rojas, Próspero A. Peña, Jorge Varela, José Genay, David Hernández, and Oliverio Castro.