Ch'aochou's earliest inhabitants came from Ch'aochou in Kwangtung province in 1724. Finding the land fertile and the water plentiful, they lived there for many generations.
諸多移民之中，最早來此安居落戶的，自是「正」字標記的廣東「潮州」府人，他們在雍正四年（西元一七二四年）渡海而來，由打狗（高雄）登陸，找到水佳土沃的潮州，開始屯墾，隨後將此地命名為「潮莊」。