The origins of El Vellon go back to the era of domination by Arabs.

The first signs of its historical foundation we refer to remnants of the Watchtower, defensive tower, which dates from the ninth century and some medieval writings in which mention is made for the first time the municipality.

The municipality of El Vellon was formerly linked to Talamanca. His name, se cree que comes from one of the most common activities developed during the Middle Ages, the creation of drying fleece of wool from the sheep after being esquiladas by shepherds. During this period, Vellon had to be a neighborhood specializing in the treatment of wool and weaving. However, some historians will decline toward the hypothesis that the topónomo comes from the coins in circulation by the time the Villa.

During the XVI century the town was configured as Villa and becomes independent, developing core activities as livestock and rain-fed agriculture, complete with hunting, fishing, gathering wood and wild fruits, as well as the extraction of soft plaster and lime .

Over the following centuries, highlighting infrastructure projects undertaken by the Canal Isabel II during the XIX century.

During the XXth century agriculture and livestock are gradually yielding to the construction as its main activity.