Jadacaquiva was founded on land bought at the end of the 18th century by Alonso Arias.

It became a parish in 1819, under the sponsorship of Mérida's Bishop Rafael Lasso de la Vega.

Venezuelan Marshal and President Juan Crisóstomo Falcón was born in a nearby farm in 1820.

Jadacaquiva's church was built by Alejandro de Quevedo Villegas and his wife, Rosa, in 1749.

The structure of the campanile, separate from the church, is styled Caribbean Dutch (common to Curaçao architecture).