An island isolated by the sea: Records show that, in 1883, there were six Han families totalling 33 people living in Takangko; they could have been some of the first peasants to have crossed over from the mainland to settle down and cultivate the land.
孤立的海中島據胡傳在台東州採訪修志冊所載，清光緒九年（西元一八八三年）有漢人六戶共卅三人住在大港口，他們可能是從大陸前來墾殖定居的農民。