The history of the municipality of Alqueries del Niño Perdido in its current form begins in 1985, when it splits off from the neighbouring municipality of Vila-real, although its real roots lie in a group of farm houses scattered across the agricultural land on the plain, which came together to form the present-day centre. We find Iberian remains in la Torrasa, a Roman bridge over the river Sec and a number of Islamic remains. The town takes its name from the statuette of Nuestra Señora del Niño Perdido (Our Lady of the Lost Child), that a group of friars placed in the chapel of a farm house in the Bon Retorn area in the year 1683.
