The first encomendero was Diego Hernández de Proaño in 1540, at the beginning of the Mixtón Rebellion, he was expelled from Jalpa by the Caxcanes Indians themselves who participated in this fight, under the command of their chief Petacatl, with more than 10,000 natives led by the Heroic Tenamaztle, they defended with their death the freedom denied by the Iberians from 1541 to 1542.

Independence era In the first decade of the 19th century , the War of Independence began, echoing in this municipality, and the first Zacatecan Insurgents appeared, such as Daniel Camarena from Nochistlán, Father José María Calvillo from Colotlán, the Oropeza brothers and the Viramontes, the latter from the Hacienda la Bernarda in the municipality of Jalpa.

After the failure of Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, in the Battle of Calderón Bridge in the state of Jalisco, on his way north he followed the route of the Juchipila canyon, arriving in Jalpa on January 18, 1811, spending the night there.

The population continues to grow since Jalpa is a significant transportation hub between the cities of Guadalajara, Aguascalientes, and Zacatecas.

[3] Much of the growth in Jalpa is fed by remittances in US dollars from former residents who have emigrated to the United States.

Most of Zacatecas lies within two high sierras, hence its dry climate and poor rain seasons.

Many traditional plantations/farms that grow guayaba and sugar cane in the 70s, 80s, and early 90s, have been now replaced with agave fields- since these plants require minimal water for growth.

Other current farmed crops are: maize (corn), bean, sugar cane, alfalfa, calabaza (pumpkin), and wild cactus (nopales) which gives a fruit called tuna (prickly pear in English).

Tastuans are induvial who dress up with cow-hair crests bristling from dark wooden masks they also have bright capes on.