Anorí Township was founded in 1808 by Juan
de la Rosa Estrada and erected as a municipality in 1821. The municipality was
created as a place for gold mining and later with the arrival of large numbers
of settlers; the place acquired the characteristics of a town so it was
elevated to that category in 1821. The golden age of the population was between
the years 1830 to 1850, when the gold rush subsided and most investors left the
town.
Anorí is known as "land of
artists," was the birthplace of Master Pedro Nel Gómez , Dario Ruiz Gomez
and Leon
