The district was first populated by Han people when Chen Lai-chang, a Fukien native, came to settle in the Taipei basin in 1708 with his family.
清康熙以前，城內不僅一片荒蕪，並且完全為蕃社平埔族人所盤踞。直到康熙四十七年（西元一七○八年），福建省泉州人士陳賴章攜眷來到台北盆地開發後，才開始有漢人居住。