Eventually, Tapaz was founded in 1835 but it continued being a part of Dumalag town for many years.

Finally, in 1874, Tapaz was declared an independent parish by Jaro Bishop Mariano Cuartero.

This triggered a massive conservation program for the language and the epic chant spoken by the Panay-Bukidnon.

[8]However, there are boundaries issues with neighboring municipalities of Jamindan, Capiz and Libacao, Aklan.

The natives of Tapaz are mixture of several ethnic groups as the Malays, Spaniards, Indonesians, and the Aetas or Negritos who are the aborigines of Panay.

In the recent years the residents are distincts group as the "Baludnons" those in lowland and "Bukidnons" those in upland.

It has 8 Secondary Schools and one University Satellite Campus that caters the tertiary education of every Tapaznon.