 Cuencamé was originally a very small town formed by adjoining wild northern tribes.During the Colonial period, different groups settled there, such as the Zacatecos, Tepehuanos, and Laguneros.Cuencamé was founded by Jesuit father Francisco Ramírez in August 1594 who founded a mission there 11 years after an original one, built by Franciscan father Jerónimo Panger, had been abandoned.