THE DIFFERENT BARRIOS OF SAN QUINTIN

        The naming of the barrios was immediately done following the establishment of the town. First to be named were:

GONZALO- in honor of Don Gonzalo Ferreria, a prosperous farmer in that barrio;SAN PEDRO -in honor of Don Pedro Medenilla, a rich and influential cattle rancher of theplace; CASANTAMARIA-AN - named after the settlers who hailed from the town of Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur;CABANGARAN -named after the industrious and thrifty settlers who came from Bangar, La Union.

Named at a much later date were the barrios of:

ALAC - named after a favorite native wine called "arak";BALIGAYAN - named after the dexterity of the settlers thereat manipulating The pestle while in the act of pounding (Baligaya) rice; BOLINTAGUEN - was named in honor of Don Bolivio Antaguen, a well-known chieftain in that  place;LAGASIT - from the words "laga" meaning "to weave" and "si-it" meaning "thorns of spines".Old folks say that the Lagasit River was once imbedded with many fish hatcheries, and to protect them from thieves who used to prowl at night at the hatcheries, they wove spines to protect them. Thus the place was named     "Lagasit".

CALOMBOYAN  - was named for its numerous "Lomboy" or Duhat trees; CARAYACAN- for being once traversed who came by a big "Carayans" or river; CABALAOANGAN - named after the settlers who came from Balaoan, La Union; SITIO SILI - named because of its abundant pepper plants; SITIO CAMANGGA-AN  - for its having plenty of Mango trees; SITIO CAPAL- PALIA-AN   - for its many "parya" of ampalaya;  SITIO MINUSICUAN  - named after the famous musicians in the place; LUMAYAO  - the early people are good jumpers; NANGAPUGAN - named after the art of making "apog" or lime, a livelihood of the early settlers;LABUAN - named because of the frequent "labu-labo" or fights among the early settlers and their neighboring places (story based on historical research  submitted by Mr. BANTOG - a former Sitio of Brgy. Cabangaran and its name derived from the wordDionision T. Garcia);"Bantog" because the elevation of the terrain is very much higher than  Cabangaran and even the Poblacion area of the municipality; MABINI-  the name derived from the existing Mabini Street, the main inter-BarangayRoad of Barangays Mabini and Cabangaran, respectively;UNGIB  the barrio where once abounds many caves or "yungibs".