It was later renamed into Sampaloc because of the presence of a large tamarind tree found in the center of the settlement during the earlier days.

Pedro Cadelina of Lucban recommended to change the barrio into a municipality but due to lack of residents, it was only made into a “visita”.

“Teniente Mayores” were appointed to head the ”visita”, the first of whom was from Polilio, followed by Arcadio Veluya, Laureano Nanola, Silverio Abueva and Juan Saludades.

Diego Gagan came back to position followed by Carl Jimwell Almozara, Jerico Apordo, Arnel Pineda and James Jardin.

Asedillo was eventually killed by authorities led by Lt. Jesus Vargas on December 31, 1935, after a shootout in Barangay Kaldong.

President Manuel Roxas assigned Sixto Obnamia as acting municipal mayor after the Americans granted Philippines Independence on July 4, 1946.

The tides, however, turned to Rodolfo Obnamia's favor when he was put into power in 1967 election, this time winning against Fidel Torres.

When Martial Law was declared by President Ferdinand Marcos on September 21, 1972, local elections were also suspended for nearly a decade.

In 1980, Dr. Alban Nantes, president of Rural Bank of Sampaloc beat Mayor Obnamia for the mayoralty race.

The advent of EDSA Revolution brought changes in the local government when Mayor Nantes expressed support to Corazon C. Aquino.

Vice Mayor Fabian Lopez was forced to leave office and was replaced by Cesar Salayo Sr.

Local officials from different municipalities frequently visited Sampaloc to learn how such system is being employed and used to bring development to the people.

Mayor Devanadera went on to finish up to her 3rd term as mayor in 1998 with other developments of Sampaloc credited to her like more farm-to-market roads, agricultural technology school, renovation of old public market and withstanding the challenges of typhoon Rosing when Sampaloc became isolated with the rest of Quezon province due to the impact of the typhoon.

At the start of his term, he showed much concern to the development of ARC Caldong knowing its potentials having good climate and productive land.

The Maapon River which divides the northern part of Sampaloc and the Southern half, it delivers pure, clean, fresh and crystal-clear water from the neighboring province of Laguna.

Sampaloc is situated in a valley completely surrounded by high evergreen hills in the heart of the Sierra Madre Mountains between the municipalities of Lucban and Mauban.

Poverty incidence of Sampaloc Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] Councilors During the month of April, Buli products such as bags, hats, flowers, pockets and more are decorated in their houses.