Tochpan

Tochpan, later Tuxpan, was an indigenous town of southern Jalisco within the province of Ávalos. Spanish forces reached the district in the early 1520s, followed by Franciscan missionaries from nearby Zapotlán. In 1536 the friars established a convent dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. The colonial settlement was laid out in four barrios, while its indigenous inhabitants maintained a distinct community in the shadow of the surrounding volcanic country.