Bayan ng Quezon Lalawigan ng Isabela

Geographic Location

     The municipality of Quezon is one of thirty seven (37) towns which comprise the province of Isabela. Situated in the northwestern portion of the province, it is bounded in the north of the municipality of Sta. Maria, on the south the municipality of Mallig, on the east by the municipality of Delfin Albano, all within the province of Isabela; and on the west by the province of Kalinga (See Figure 2-1. Location Map) a land locked municipality, its absolute location is between 1210 32’ to 121041’ longitude east and 17 0 14’ to 17 026 latitude north. Its main access is a national highway that traverses in a general north-south direction virtually slicing the municipality lengthwise and connects it with other municipalities in Isabela (i.e. Sta. Maria in the north, Mallig in the south). To the east lies a provincial road which links Quezon to Sto. Tomas area. A provincial artery links it with the province of Kalinga to the West. It is approximately 56 km from Tuguegarao, the regional center, about 20 km from Tabuk, the provincial capital of Kalinga, and about 410 km from Metro Manila with an average travel time of 8 to 9 hours by land.

Unlike some parts of Isabela, Quezon was part of its creation in 1856 through a Royal Decree issued by the King of Spain. 

Prior to its creation in June 1, 1959, some Igorot and Kalinga tribes from the Cordilleras sparsely populated the town of Quezon.

When Manuel L. Quezon became the president of the Republic of the Philippines, he opened a vast track of inhabited land for settlement including the northwestern portion of the province of Isabela through LASEDECO, and named it as the “Mallig Regional. After World War II, and with the attainment of peace and order, the influx of new settlers in the area has increased. The lone representative of the district, particularly Representative Delfin Albano and the provincial officials saw the continuous arrival of settlers and their need of basic equipment that caused them to urgently create a new municipality. Under House Bill No. 736 and with the approval of Republic Act 2418, the municipality of Quezon was officially inaugurated as an independent municipality separating it from its mother town-Mallig.

The municipality, under its creation, consisted of fifteen (15) barangays, namely:

1. Abut                                  9.  Lepanto
2. Alunan                             10.  Mangga
3. Arellano                           11.  Minagbag
4. Aurora                             12.  Samonte
5. Barucboc                         13.  San Juan
6. Callanguigan                  14.  Santos
7. Dummon                        15.  Turod
8. Estrada

The past and incumbent Municipal Mayors with their corresponding terms are the following:
HILDEBRANDO PECSON	1960 to 1967
HERMOGENES PADILLA	1967 to 1971
GAVINO GASCON	1971 to 1976
WILLIAM CORPUZ	1976 to 1977
ONIATE TABANGCURA	1978 to 1986
GAVINO GASCON	1987 to 1998
EDUARDO CABANTAC	1998 to 2007
DARYL G. GASCON	2007 to date