In the 17th century Jesuit missionaries visited the zone to evangelize the Yaqui natives in 1617.

[2] In 1715 El Realito was founded, which is located in the northern region of the current municipio).

In the 19th century agriculture developed at the villas of Cumuripa, Buenavista and Cócorit.

The first inhabitants of Ciudad Obregón established at the Plano Oriente neighborhood when irrigation systems by the Richardson company started functioning in 1910.

Previously Cócorit had been dependent on the district of Buenavista during the independent period.