Padre Burgos was formerly known as Laguimanoc due to the shape of the coastline which resembles the bill of a chicken, which translates to “manok” in Tagalog.

Another version is that chickens were so abundant in the town that hawks (Tagalog: “lawin”) swept down on the place to snatch chicks from their mothers.

In the early days this port offered a good wharf for vessels plying between Manila and southern Luzon.

Spots of the historical interest are the wharf symbol of commercial progress, the old church with the old-fashioned “canyon” markers of the people's religious faith, the Bag Cement Slabs and Stone quarries mute testimonies of the effervescent power and grandeur of the early foreign settlers, the hills near the railroad station where the Japanese tortured and massacred civilians in the barrios of Marao and Polo where the Hunter's guerillas built their camps.

It is bounded on the north by Atimonan, on the west and north-west by Pagbilao, on the east by Agdangan, and on the south by the Tayabas Bay.

Poverty incidence of Padre Burgos Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] This island was also set from the movie Alkitrang Dugo in 1975.