José Enrique Rodó is a small town in the Soriano Department of western Uruguay.

By the late 19th century, there existed a precarious slum called Drovandi Town, after the family surname that owned the fields.

On 12 June 1924, the populated centre was declared a "Pueblo" (village) by the Act of Ley N° 7.729, and changed its name to José Enrique Rodó, an Uruguayan writer who died in 1917.

Previously, it had been head of the judicial sections "San Martin" and "Costa Durazno".

[1] On 17 November 1964, its status was elevated to "Villa" (town) by the Act of Ley N° 13.299.