In the East, it is separated from the Municipality of Real, Quezon by mountain ranges in the North, it is separated from the municipality of Sta. Maria, Laguna by mountain ranges which is a continuation of the Sierra Madre mountain. In the West and South, it is separated from Mabitac and Siniloan respectively by links of hills planted with coconuts. The History of town as a barrio of Siniloan date
d back to the year 1612 when its natural resources were first exploited by the busy hands of home seekers from Daraitan, Tanay, Rizal. These home seekers named the place CALUMPANG, after a big shady Calumpang tree that in the heart of the place. Year after years, the inhabitants of the placed increased. People from nearby town came to a pale to gamble their luck with the vast area of uncultivated lands. After years of constant struggle for the development of the place, they succeeded in making the lands suitable for food crops. They especially made use of the lowlands where more of the inhabitants settled. Home industries gained interest among women. Spiny bamboos where planted as raw materials for the basket industries that remained the same industry up to the present. In the year 1835, when the people realized the constant changes of the place, from the bedlam of wilderness to a barrio worthy of becoming a town, they for the first time. Sought from the town of Siniloan to become a municipality with its own government. Their plan was rejected because of the meager population of the barrio. The people did not loose their hope, again the prominent men of the barrio tried to secure the separation. Promoted by the feeling of patriotism, men from the barrio voluntarily presented themselves as revolutionist claiming that they will fight on the side of General EMILIO F. AGUINALDO, if the General will help, making the barrio a town. So, after the revolution, the President of the Republic of the Philippines, Calumpang was separated from the Municipality of Siniloan. The barrio was renamed FAMY in the place of the ancestral name Calumpang. This was on memory of General Emilio's mother, MRS. TRINIDAD AGUINALDO y FAMY. DATE OF HISTORICAL RECOGNITION
When the Americans took possession of the island, the form of government automatically changed. With the Executive Order, small town became a barrios of nearby towns, Famy was affected by this Order, and again a barrio of Siniloan. In spite of this change, the people continued the development of the barrio. They tried their best to increase the area of uncultivated lands. The inhabitants of this Municipality were not satisfied of being a barrio again of Siniloan, so they filed a request to the Governor General that FAMY be a town again citing among other things that no salary for services rendered and that municipal School buildings shall be constructed, all on help of the town's people. By virtue of this request, the Governor General issued Executive Order No.60Series of 1910, separating FAMY from the Municipality of Siniloan, Laguna. This order took effect on August 15, 1910.
