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The Ban San Pa Hiang Community was established during the reign of King Rama III of the Chakri Dynasty through the migration of traders from Fang District who traveled to Thoeng District to sell goods. San Pa Hiang served as a resting place for elephants and horses, as well as a water-rich area. Within the village, at Wat Si Sakkaram, there is a never-drying well, and the area was once abundant with teak trees, forming the headwaters of the Huai Sak River, which flows through Ban Huai Sak and Ban San Pa Hiang. Today, the Huai Sak Reservoir has been constructed to support water management in the region.
The San Pa Hiang Community is named after the Hiang trees, which belong to the same botanical family as the Yang Na (Dipterocarpus alatus) tree. In 1983 (B.E. 2526), a businessman named Manoon Pimpisan purchased approximately 100 rai of land from local villagers to establish a tobacco plantation and curing kilns. This created employment opportunities for community members, who worked in tobacco cultivation and curing processes.
