A brief history

It is said that the word Paombong could have been derived from the word bumbon which is one of the ancient methods of catching fish.

Another creative version concerns the antiquated tuba container known as Bumbong. Bumbong is a long bamboo tube used for collecting Nipa sap. The practice of extracting nipa sap with bumbong made the town famous for its many bumbong. The local people claimed that the Spaniards who first visited the place were amused by these bamboo bumbong so that they named the place after it which later became Paombong. The natives pronounce the town's name with silent a making it Pombong.