San Isidro Video Gallery

SAN ISIDRO is a second (2^nd) class town an ordinary little town and of most peaceful in the southern tip ofNueva Ecija. Its history, however, is replete with glorious past worth recollecting.

The Municipality has jurisdiction over nine (9) barangays, namely; Calaba, San Roque, Sto. Cristo, Malapit, Alua, Tabon , Pulo and Poblacion.

San Isidro lies in the Southern tip of the province of Nueva Ecija.  The present boders were established as early as 1843.  Its tip borders upon the Municipality of Gapan, Nueva Ecija, in the North East; Cabiao, also of Nueva Ecija in the South; San Miguel de Mayumo of Bulacan in the South-East and Chico River of Pampanga in the East.

The town proper known as the Poblacion is a quasi-urban area.  It is here where the Municipal Hall, the Parish Church, the Public Market, the Catholic Cemetery, and the post-elementary educational institutions are located.

There was a time in history it was the premier town of the province of Nueva Ecija. But with the passing away of Spanish and American Sovereignty from the country, the glory that was once of San Isidro slowly faded away, till now, every now and then, in the reminiscence of the old folks who saw the diminishing glow of Spanish domination and witnessed the brightening gleam of American star.  

At present, the only witness to the grandeur it once possessed are its brick walls, now moss covered and crumbling with age and its once stately Spanish mansions, now untenanted decaying in neglect.

Like any of the other in the early Spanish rule, the form of government was that of a Barangay, headed by a Cabesa who were under a Captain.

In 1571, don Martin de Goite conquered Pampanga and in early 1572, it was formally created into a province. In 1707, Governor Fausto Cruzat Y Gongora created a portion of Pampanga into a military Comandancia of that province, naming the district of Nueva Ecija in honor if his native City in Spain. Nueva Ecija grew into Province. In 1818, her limits extended to the Pacific Ocean. The town of Palanan, now part of Isabela was once part of Nueva Ecija. In 1843, San Isidro was founded as Pueblo (town) by an Augustinian Father Bernie Barber, in honor of the patron saint of farmers and laborers, San Isidro Labrador, seeing that the town’s chief industry was farming.

Barangays

San Isidro is divided into 9 barangays.

* Alua
* Calaba
* Malapit
* Mangga
* Poblacion
* Pulo
* San Roque
* Sto. Cristo
* Tabon