Sogod, Southern Leyte
The name of the municipality originated from the Cebuano word, "sogod", meaning ""to start."" Founded as a Catholic mission station by the Society of Jesus in 1601, Sogod became a regular municipality on June 10, 1853.
Nowogród
Since the area of Nowogrod was located near the border with Lithuania and Yotvingians, it was frequently raided by the warring neighbours. In 1355, the gord became property of Siemowit III, Duke of Masovia, who in 1375 handed it to his son Janusz I of Warsaw. Janusz I founded here a brick castle, built in the location of a wooden construction. The castle became one of residences of the Dukes of Mazovia. Nowogrod received town charter in 1427, and named a royal town, it enjoyed a number of privileges, especially during the period known as Polish Golden Age, when it was an important center of trade, commerce and honey-making. The period of prosperity ended during the Swedish invasion of Poland (1655 - 1660). The town was ransacked and burned to the ground, never recovering from the destruction.