It is very close to the archaeological sites of Uxmal (Heritage), Oxkintok and path Puuc, to the caves of Calcehtok and Loltún and the colonial cities of Merida and Campeche (Heritage), the route of the Franciscan Monastery and the coastal area and biosphere reserve Celestún e Isla Arenas and to the famous Chichen Itza site.

The population was united with its more important neighbors by the white roads called "sacbé", which were used to perform a religious function.

[citation needed] In the third international conference Mayanist, in 1995, it is mentioned as one of the Chactún initial locations in the Mayan world, next to the Mirador, Izapa, Kaminaljuyu, Abaj Takalik, Auaxactun, and Tikal, which developed the architecture and urbanization around 300 BCE.

In the story of the discoveries made in 1876 by Dr. Augustus Le Plogeon in the Yucatán, which was published under the title "The Maya, the sources of their history", the hacienda Chactun is mentioned: "When visiting the large estate of Chactun, belonging to Don José Dominguez, thirty miles [50 km] south-west of Mérida, the writer saw a large ruin similar to that called the 'House of the Nuns' at Uxmal.

San Jose Chactún became a leading hacienda in the heyday of the state of Yucatán as a result of technological and social advances.

In the second half of 18th century it is known that the property was acquired by a Spaniard, named Pedro Tadeo, as reported in Indian file documents.