During the Austro-Hungarian period, the village was a part of Trencsén County and belonged to the district of Kysucké Nové Mesto.

The Veľký Vrch hill was fortified with ramparts of a vast hillfort, that rise up majestically above the village Divinka, which, thanks to its strategic location, has been inhabited since ancient times.

This place, which gave many important testimonies of settlement in the times long before the first written mention of Divinka or Lalinok, is today a well-known cultural, historical and natural site.

The earliest direct written record of Divinka is preserved in the letter of the Nitra Cathedral chapter (Latin: Capitulum Ecclesiae Nitriensis), dated to March 19, 1393.

[citation needed] Local residents have retained traditional folk costumes as well as dialect, but they are no longer worn.

The municipalities alternately belonged to the Parish district Dolný Hričov or Kysucké Nové Mesto.

The Jews moved to Divinka and Lalinok sometime in the first half of the 19th century and devoted themselves to timber trade and tavern services.

It was used to transport material from the stone quarry in Divinka to construct the county road from Budatín to Kotešová.