 In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1320 and 1435 as "Bolk" (1467 "Bwlyk", 1481 "Bolyk").In 1481, it belonged to Divín Castle lords and later on to the Somoskő lords.In the mid-16th century it was occupied and destroyed by the Ottoman Turks, from 1938 to 1945 by Hungary.