It is located in the oriental area of Cuyo, a few kilometers away from the border of the province of Córdoba, across the National Route 7, which links Buenos Aires to Mendoza and Santiago de Chile.

The royal government recognized Juana Koslay and Juan Gómez Isleño in 1594 as the rightful owners of the present-day Justo Daract area.

After expelling the indigenous peoples, the government of the province granted lands located to the South of the present-day city of Villa Mercedes to military chiefs from the Border Troops (Fuerzas de Fronteras).

The provincial government sold 1600 square blocks, cataloged as lot “A”, to José Parellada, who was not a military chief but bought the lands as a real estate investment.

The provincial government granted another 1600 square blocks, cataloged as lot “B”, to Juana Larice, who inherited the land from her husband Apolinario Moreno, a military chief.

Lot “C”, the last 1600 square blocks, was supposed to be granted to Primitivo Capdevila, but he did not register the lands to his name and instead donated them to Wenceslao Paunero in 1878.

The building of the “Cañada Verde” bridge and the railway line to Villa Valeria produced a strong demand for labor and this allowed an expansion of trade.

Moreover, in the late 1907, a bridge over Río Quinto that linked Justo Daract with the railway station “La Paz” in Mendoza was built.

This process of property acquisition, building, and the first loading and unloading of goods created a really strong demand for labor and materials that prompted an economic and demographic growth.

Moreover, in its first fifty years since its founding, the strong railway activity made it possible for the town to have drinking water, a registry office, primary schools, a library, sports clubs, and neighborhoods with several houses.

The town's inhabitants had long been devout followers of the Roman Catholic Church, and thus the parishioners offered their own houses as venues for religious ceremonies before any chapel was built.

The free-trade zone provides the following services: merchandise storing, fractionation, and handling; cargo loading and unloading; available land, suitable for industrial development and the construction of warehouses; tax-free electricity, running water, and natural gas.

In 2018, the town hosted the “Festival de Tango Puntano.” During the nineties, the process of privatization had a massive impact on the population, who worked at the railway station.