Originally populated by aborigines of the Chinwuchu tribe, the district was not opened up until the beginning of the Ching dynasty, when the Han people moved in to cultivate the land.
取艋舺而代之，大稻埕崛起大稻埕在清初本是大加蚋堡的一部份，原為平埔香族部落「奇武卒」居住的番社。後來漢人遷入，開荒拓土，落戶聚居；並在水田當中留出一塊地勢較高的曠場，供各莊輪流曬穀之用，農閒時則作為臨時市集的地點。