Folklore has it that a woman named Binay fell in love with the son of her father's rival chieftain.

It had over 100 known caves, including the popular Pandalihan, Panligawan and Gasidlak, each one with its own distinctive features ranging from fascinating to awesome.

2469, which was signed by President Carlos P. Garcia in 1959, Mabinay was formally created from the fourteen sitios that seceded from the then-municipality of Bais.

It is a border town: the provincial highway runs through it and links Negros Oriental with its sister province.

[7] Mabinay is situated roughly in the central part of the island of Negros abutting the western side of the provincial boundary.

Motorcycles (also locally known as habal-habal), tricycles, jeepneys, and buses are the major modes of transportation in the municipality.

Mabinay has a bus terminal that serves Ceres buses in transit from either Bacolod or Dumaguete.

94 established the Mabinay Institute of Technology (MIT), a technical college operated with the approval of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports.