In 1628, D. João de Lencastre, 32 th Governor General of Brazil had populate the territory of the Rio Preto, the name given to the place where now stands the city of Formosa do Rio Preto characteristic of the waters of the Rio Preto. This river rises near the head of the Eastern Plain of Bahia, as the name of Rio Cabeceira Nova, later receiving the name of Rio Preto, joining its tributaries will pour its waters into the Rio Grande near the Buqueirão. Housing in this region occurred with the coming of the royal family to Brazil, where he was already in the region JoãoViana Amado, Portuguese nobleman. Formosa do Rio Preto in the 1920 census figure as the municipality of Santa Rita do Rio Preto, district of Formosa. The official area of the city of Formosa do Rio Preto is currently at 16.186km² and in the 2010 census, listed with 22.528 inhabitants, with a population growth of around 33.95% over the census of 2000.
