Facing the Sibuyan Sea, the town started as a small coastal village referred to as Barrio Alimbo which extends to the hills and mountains to the west.

Fishing and farming is the primary source of livelihood, even today except for the hunting which was common on that time because of the abundances of wild pig, monkey and deer in the area.

In 1853, their notion of a separate municipality for better living and independence serves as the foundation for taking a part of Alimbo together with its adjoining barrios of Nagustan, Panaytayon (Toledo), Gibon, Namao (Rizal), Kabangrosan (Union), and Pakilawa (Unidos) ceased to be a barrio to form a new municipality inevitably.

The Cartilla System, an early teaching methods that dominantly use the letter "b" than "v" caused the variable spelling of "Navas" and "Nabas".

It has an elongated land area situated along the Northwestern Panay Peninsula, with 21-kilometer coastline facing Sibuyan Sea, and with such a large span of municipal waters, approximately 300 square kilometers.

The residents of Nabas speaks Nabasnon, a variant of Karay-a and quite similar to Onhan Language of the islands of Hambil and Southern Tablas in Romblon Province.

The eastern half of the municipality has the accent influenced and similar to Karay-a, spoken by the neighboring Antiqueños particularly the people from the towns Libertad, Pandan, and Sebaste of Antique.

While the cost of marine commodity has soared due to the proximity of Nabas to Boracay Island, the fishermen remained impoverished.

An array of gigantic wind turbines lined-up along a mountain ridge aimed to spur tourism and add livelihood in the area is the biggest single venture in the province of Aklan.

The festival is highlighted by continuous street dancing by folks from the town's 20 barangays dressed in colorful bariw costumes accompanied by indigenous bamboo instruments.

The Nabas Municipal and Religious Fiesta is celebrated annually to commemorate the feast of Nuestra Señora de Salvacion every September 24.

The feast honors the Patron Saint of Our Lady Of Salvation after the town is spared from the Japanese fatal ruthlessness during the World War II.