Originally was settled by Ambrosio Alfaro Godinez in the second half of
19th century, the earliest reference to it in 1836 The original nahuatl name
Sarchà means "potrero" or open field used to keep horses and cattle,
the first settlers found it in that condition, and surrounded by tropical rain
forest. Reference from Evly Inksetter, the first county historian. The name of
Sarchà comes from the Aztec word "xalachi", which
