A brief history of Brgy Divisoria
Long time ago, Barangay Divisoria is only a small sitio of Barangay San Vicente, Mexico, Pampanga. Among the prominent families in the barangay are the following: Magdaleno Lacandola, Lorenzo Colis, Juan Colis, Pelagia M. Reyes, Gregorio Mendoza, Gonzalo Gomez, Arcadio Bonus, Candido Colis Sr., Alejandro C. Bautista, Raymunda Catu, Emilio Jimenez, Juan Colis Sr., Clemente Yumul, Gregorio Macabali, Perfecto Yumul, Crisanto Colis, Ciung Colis.
During elections, the people residing in sitio Divisoria cast their votes in Barangay San Vicente together with the residents of sitio Sebitanan (which was meanwhile part of Barangay Panipuan, and is now known as Barangay Nueva Victoria) due to their little population.
In 1970, when Dr. Tomas Guevarra was elected mayor of the town of Mexico, the people in sitios Divisoria and Sebitanan made a petition requesting that these two sitios be joined together to form a new barangay. The barangay soon was called Nueva Victoria. When it was approved, election booths were placed in sitio Divisoria, although each has its own school and chapel.
Fast forward to 1990s, primarily due to the growing number of residents and some minor reasons (e.g the bridge that remarkably divide Divisoria and Sebitanan, community conflicts),, these two sitios later on came to be separate barangays. Divisoria retained its name while sitio Sebitanan got Nueva Victoria.
For those who are asking about the etymology, there are no written records as to how the barangay got its name. We will update this and share it as soon as we get information. God bless!
