[6] During the colonization period, the Spaniards settled in Jarabacoa working in mines and later established some cattle herds.

The area experienced its greatest population growth at the beginning of the 1800s from whites who migrated from other parts of the island after the slave revolts in the French colony of St. Domingue.

It had a population boom in 1805 as many landowners came to the area in the mountains of the Central Range and settled in the valley of Jarabacoa.

In 1854, a military post was established and the town was formally founded due to its strategic position in the communication between the Cibao and the South.

[7] One of the main touristic attractions is the mountains and natural environment of the area due to its location in the center of the Central Range.

On January 10, 1997, opened the Universidad Agroforestal Fernando Arturo de Meriño, a small college that mainly offers majors related to agriculture and ecology.