Originally known as Libog, the town of Sto. Domingo was founded in 1749 by Domingo Castellanos. According to folklore, its name comes from its town center being located away from the Camino Real, or main (National Road) highway leading to Legazpi City.
The Bicol word for “round-about” is libot, hence, since the settlement was referred to as “duman as ma-libot” or “the place where you have to take a round-about route”, the shorter reference was “Libot”, which subsequently evolved into Libog.
There are also another accounts on where the town’s name came from, another version is it came from “labog” which means unclear water because the town has no potable water before. Another account says that “labog” came from a jellyfish species because that particular jellyfish is abundant in town because of its geographical location. Later, through R.A. 2350, it became a municipality on August 4, 1959, and was named Sto. Domingo in honor of the town’s patron Saint, St. Dominic de Guzman.
The Bicol word for “round-about” is libot, hence, since the settlement was referred to as “duman as ma-libot” or “the place where you have to take a round-about route”, the shorter reference was “Libot”, which subsequently evolved into Libog.
There are also another accounts on where the town’s name came from, another version is it came from “labog” which means unclear water because the town has no potable water before. Another account says that “labog” came from a jellyfish species because that particular jellyfish is abundant in town because of its geographical location. Later, through R.A. 2350, it became a municipality on August 4, 1959, and was named Sto. Domingo in honor of the town’s patron Saint, St. Dominic de Guzman.