They came in family groups and finding the place a haven, settled down in definite areas later forming the various barrios now comprising the created political subdivision.

During the Spanish regime, people were educated at home learning to read the "Cartillas" and the "Caton" "Christiana".

Ireneo Martinez together with Flaviano Gamben, initiated a movement for a model schoolhouse for the former barrio of Tingloy.

This movement became a success when a model schoolhouse was constructed in the present poblacion of the Municipality of Tingloy sometime in 1921.

Just off the southwest coast of the Batangas mainland, about two nautical miles (3.7 kilometres) south, lies the radish-shaped island of Maricaban.