 A couple of decades after, the whole of Romblon became a sub-province of Capiz wherein Looc was part of the Municipality of Tablas (one of the four municipalities of Romblon that time namely; Tablas, Romblon, Sibuyan and Maghali).Punta became a barrio in 1854.Looc was then regarded as a municipality, and Romblon, a separate province.