In the Middle Ages there was peat in the region (which explains the toponymic suffix -wold).

Subdivision patterns show that the village was created by reclamation from the western bank of the Fivelboezem.

Perpendicular to the direction of allotment, residential axes arose, of which Garmerwolde was the last.

Then they encountered the reclamation from the west bank of the Hunze from which Noorddijk had arisen.

The Romano-Gothic church of Garmerwolde with its free-standing tower dates from around 1250.