The area of San José de Gracia is approximately 231 square kilometers.
In approximately 1886, inhabitants of the cattle ranch of Llano de la Cruz began to plan the founding of a formal town under the leadership of Deacon Esteban Zepeda.
On June 11, 1927, approximately 500 men took up arms in San José de Gracia as part of the Cristero War, a response to the federal army previously setting fire to the town.
The book was translated to English in 1974 as San José de Gracia: Mexican Village in Transition.
[1] In 1981, the Congress of Michoacán issued a decree that restored the name San José de Gracia as the town's official title.