HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Long time ago, there was a river that existed in the place. During rainy seasons the adjoining area of the river was being flooded. Thus it makes the sand embanks the river. This sand was called "pantar" in Ilocano. Because of this embankment of sand, the place served as a dock for fishermen's bancas. Since then, they name the place "Pantalan" derived from the word "pantar".
And as the years past by, the process repeatedly during rainy season, until such time the river died naturally. As the river died, people modified the name "Pantalan" to "Patalan" which is the name of the barangay until now. DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT - 1850
"Patalan" is one of the oldest settlement in Paniqui, for it's being along the river that once upon a time became a water highway between Manila and Pangasinan and the Ilocos Region. The Barangay was first setled by the Pangasinenses as a village around 1770 and by the Ilocanos around 1840 and finally established as a barrio in 1850. SITIOS INCLUDED IN IT'S JURISDICTION
The sitiois included in it's jurisdiction during the Spanish Regime around 1850 were Cayanga, Samput and Cariño. The sitios included in it's present jurisdiction are:
1. TIMBUGAN - located in the eastern part of the barangay. It was formerly fishing ground. It's name was derived from the word "Kimbogan" meaning to stir the water unclear in order to catch fishes.
2. UMANGAN - located in the southern part of the barangay. It was formerly forest area. It's name was derived from the word "Uma" meaning to clear the forest for agricultural purposes.
3. LORENZA - located on the western part of the barangay. It was formerly a fertile land. It's name derive from the name "Lorenza", the first settler in the place. ORIGINAL FAMILIES / SETTLERS
1. Don Marcelino Cabacungan
2. Jorge Santos
3. Andres Santos
4. Benito Batcho
5. Leonardo Bautista
6. Victor Galamay
7. Angelo Austria
8. Emetrio Sabado
9. Leon Macadangdang
10. Don Guillermo Ramos
11. Jose Bautista
12. Don Felipe Madalura
13. Gavino Donato
14. Mariano Apaga
15. Crispulo Aguada
16. Alejo Pablo
17. Francisco Llabres
18. Pedro Suarez
19. Gregorio Domingo
20. Rosendo Cortez
21. Leandro Lacayanga
TENIENTES DEL BARRIO / BARANGAY CHAIRMAN (from earliest to present)
1. Don Marcelino Cabacungan 1850 - 1899
2. Gavino Donato 1900 - 1907
3. Don Felipe Madalura 1907 - 1910
4. Mariano Apaga 1910 - 1913
5. Crispulo Aguada 1913 -1918
6. Alejo Costales 1919- 1924
7. Felipe Aguila 1925 - 1928
8. Agustin Tejado 1928 - 1931
9. Angelo Austria 1931 - 1934
10. Jose Bautista 1934 - 1940
11. Francisco Llabres 1940 - 1942
12. Eustaquio Santos 1942 - 1948
13. Jovino Austria 1948 - 1951
14. Antonio Austria 1951 - 1954
15. Eustaquio Santos 1954 - 1957
16. Federico tomas 1958 - 1960
17. Antonio Austria 1960 - 1964
18. Antonio Austria 1964 - 1966
19. Cesario Aquino 1966 - 1968
20. Francisco Austria 1968 - 1972
21. Cresencio Santos 1972 - 1984
22. Olympio Domingo 1984 -1987
23. Menandro Daodoy 1987 - 1994
24. Ernesto Austria Sr. 1994 - 1997
25. Rolando Del Mundo Sr. 1997 - 2002
26. Ramos 2002 - 2007
27. Ramos 2007 - 2010
28. Ramos 2010 - 2013
29. Samuel D. Ramos 2013-2018
30. Ramos 2018-present
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Barangay Patalan is situated in the municipality of Paniqui, Province of Tarlac. It has a total land area of 328.3138 hectares and it is bounded in the north by Barangay Cayanga,
in the south by Barangay Buenlag Gerona, Tarlac,
in the east by Barangay Cariño,
and in the west by Barangay Dapdap. It is composed of four (4) Puroks and three (3) Sitios namely;
Purok Banawag, Centro, Kislap, and United,
and Sitios Lorenza, Timbugan and Umangan. It's distance to major points are the following:
1. Poblacion - six (60 km.
2. 12 km to Poblacion of Ramos which is the nearest municipality
3. Provincial Capital - 27 km.
4. Provincial Highway - 20 km.
5. National Highway - 7 km. Barangay Patalan is an agricultural barangay. The terrain characteristics are 100% plain and it has two types of soil, which is 90% sandy loam and 10% clay loam. These types of soil are fitted for rice, vegetables, sugar canes and crops like; camote, monggo and turnips. It's climate is under category of Type 1 and has two pronounced seasons, the dry season during months of January to April and the wet season during the months of May to December. Since it is an agricultural barangay, the major occupation of the people is farming. Most farmer plants rice only during wet season, because of lack of irrigation system. They used to plant vegetables and crops like camote, monggo and turnips for their second cropping.
