From the settlements of Bacolor and Mexico, San Fernando was established in 1754. Wooden walls and nipa roofing were used in the construction of the first church in 1755. Later that year, utilizing sturdy building supplies and thatched nipa roofing, the municipal tribunal was built in front of the town square. Its first gobernadorcillo that year was Don Vidal de Arrozal. Don Angel Pantaleon de Miranda retired to Barrio Saguin in 1796, having served as gobernadorcillo the year before, and from there he began constructing his hacienda in Barrio Culiat. On December 8, 1829, the neighborhood was cut off from San Fernando and established as the new town of Angeles, with the Los Santos Angeles Custodios serving as its legal proprietors. A request for a transfer of authority.
This city was founded by Augustinian missionaries in 1754. It was they who decided to name it after two Spanish King named Fernando. The first was the reigning king of Spain at that time, Fernando VI. The other was his predecessor from five hundred years earlier, Fernando IV, who was now regarded as a Catholic saint. It was this former king turned saint who was assigned the role of being the city's spiritual protector. The land around San Fernando is ideal for rice paddies and sugar cane fields. But this would have been of little value had it not been for the rail and road network that were built to connect San Fernando with Manila. This enabled harvests from San Fernando to reach the markets of the country's capital and beyond. Profit from this trade has helped make Pampanga to become one of the most prosperous provinces in the country. This has since helped attract investments from manufacturing firms and media outlets boosting employment in this province. Aside from being an economic hub, San Fernando is also the political heart of Pampanga. It became the provincial capital in 1904, when the provincial government was transferred here from Bacolor.