Long before the Spanish colonization of the Philippines, a group of adventurous Malays residing in Rizal Province under the leadership of Nunong Karugtong crossed the wilderness of Sierra Madre to find a better settlement. After several days of land travel, the group made stop over in the first plain area they reached.

     This area is now known as Barangay Comon. Karugtong did not like the place because the area lies between two rivers. So, they moved until they reached present Dinahican Beach. Again, the leader did not admire the place because of its closeness to the sea. They went back until hunger, thirst and fatigue laid them to take a rest. Aged, tired and weary, Nunong Karugtong fell asleep while his men went on gathering food and preparing for a temporary shelter. The men in search for food found a giant wild yam (ube) which, because of its extra-ordinary size, could not be carried by four men. With the giant yam, they returned back to the place where they left the sleeping leader and presented the yam. But from his deep sleep, the aged leader could not easily get up. It took some of his men to help him up and see the giant yam. Gaining consciousness, the old realized that the area is an ideal place for settlement due to the presence of clearer water flowing inn the nearby river, the now known Bantilan River.

     Decided to make the area as their permanent settlement, he thought of having the placed named. But he cannot grasp an ideal name for the place. He asked the suggestion of his men. One of his men who helped him woke up from his deep sleep suggested that the area be called Binangonan del Ampon. The word Binangonan del Ampon came from the idea the way his men were trying to wake him up; that the aged leader was likened to a baby that had to be cared for from his sleep. The group unanimously agreed and since then, the place was called Binangonan del Ampon.

 History

     From its mystical formation, the town of infanta was founded in 1696 by Don Diego Mangilaya. Paying tribute to the name of its mystical founder, Don Diego Mangilaya led the construction of a church right in the place where Nunong Karugtong fell asleep. The first priest who reached Infanta was Rev. Fr. Esteban Ortiz, O.F.M. who planted the wooden Cross as a symbol of Christianity in 1587. The significant event in 1587 marked the beginning of Spanish colonization of Infanta. The distance of the place from Manila did not serve as obstacle for the Spanish missionaries and soldiers from coming and residing in this place. From Don Diego Mangilaya, there was a succession of leadership with a titular identification as "Cabez de Barangay".

Geography

     Infanta a fourth class municipality, is one of the oldest town in Quezon Province. It is situtated in the Northern tip facing the island municipalitites of Polillo and Burdeos. It has a total land area of 24,278 hectares and with a population of 37,817 slathered among its 36 barangays.

Before the separation of Gen. Nakar and Real, the land boundary was Umiray River in the Northwest, the present boundary line dividing Gen. Nakar town and Baler, Aurora and ; in the southeast was up to Mag-Asawang Bato, the present boundary between Real and Mauban. The municipalities of Real and Gen. Nakar became independent towns during the incumbency of Mayors Victorino Ruanto Sr. and Atty. Remigio Bustonera.

The town is known as Infanta for more than one and half century. The name was given by the Spanish captain Juan Salvador in 1835 in honor of the eldest daughter of King Philip II of Spain.