Right in the late seventeenth century, around 1696, the pioneer Theodosius Canate, after many battles with the natives, reached the location of the landmarks of the founding of Festival of Piranhas, the right bank of the river Piancó.

The first Festival of Piranhas (1696), the last village of Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso (1719) and by royal charter of July 22, 1766 was elevated to the category of town with the name of Pombal.

The town became a district on October 15, 1827, and July 21, 1862 was granted city outlaws the seat of the municipality is a great brand of Luso-Brazilian ties.

In the city center can find the Church of Our Lady of Good Success and Our Lady of the Rosary, and there are others just symbolic, as Centenary Square, the Pillar of Time, Cruise, and the Bandstand, where today downstairs is a bar known as "The Centenary Bar", and upstairs is a small club called AEUP (Association of University Students of Pombal).

Since early 2007 the Federal University of Campina Grande UFCG is acting in the city, was first headquartered in the building of the former School Joshua BEZERRRA.

But with the work already underway by a vast time, In July 2009, during Pombal Fest was the inauguration of the campus, he expected the presence of President Lula, but the same could not attend.

Among the city's radio announcers stand Goddess Fernandes, Nil Alcantara Claudionou Naldo Silva Dantas and the interactivity with the people in their programs.