Sudipen

According to a story which happened during the Spanish period, the town got its name when a group of Spanish soldiers reached barrio Nagpanaoan, now called Old Central. These soldiers came upon old folks who were repairing the roof of the barrio hall. One of the soldiers asked the name of the place. Knowing no Spanish and thinking that the soldiers wanted to know what was going on, the eldest among the barrio folks answered: “suksukdipan mi toy abong apo,” meaning , “we are patching the roof, sir”. The soldiers noted the word “Sukdipan” and the word stayed on record for sometime. Subsequently, under the American regime, the word sukdipan was changed to Sudipen, hence the name of the town.