469 issued by President Elpidio Quirino on August 22, 1951, the municipality of Liloy was organized, separated from Sindangan.

[citation needed] The seat of the municipal government had been transferred at least twice—to Timan and to Upper Liloy Beach.

[7] Liloy subsequently lost large portions of its territory when two separate municipalities were created.

[10] Liloy's total area is 12,843 hectares (31,740 acres), 78% of which is an agricultural land planted with coconuts, corn, rice, root crops and some rubber trees.

According to the records of the Municipal Assessor's office, 22% of the municipality's territory comprise the residential area which is sixty-five (65); commercial, nine (9); industrial, in Barangay Timan and Santa Cruz, ten (10); institutional land, fifty (50); public school sites(?

The sitios of Silucap, Bacong, Libertad, Balacan, Tampilisan, Cabangkalan, Tambalang, and Kayoc were elevated into barrios in 1955.

It is highlighted by a Beauty Pageant to select the Mutya ng Liloy Tourism is centered on its growing developments along the beaches in the Barangays of Patawag, Banigan, Santa Cruz, Timan, and Punta, catering to white sand beaches and corals.

The chief of the Association of Barangay Captains and the President of the Sangguniang Kabataan Federation are also among the members of the municipal council.

Liloy can be reached from the capital city of Dipolog by overland transportation via the National Highway.

[8] Bus terminals for land transportation are situated at down and uptown area (Barangay Fatima).

It is classified as a feeder airport by the Air Transportation Office, and under the jurisdiction of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines.

Between the years 1960 to 1970, three twelve-seater PAL planes served their flights to domestic destinations like Dipolog, Cebu and Davao.