First on 6 July 1853 and again on 22 July 1861 the creation of a village here was approved by the Acts of Ley N� 331 and Ley N� 695 respectively. The village was founded on October 1874 in the area of the railway station. On 13 June 1906, its status was established as "Pueblo" (village) by the Act of Ley N� 3.042, at the time serving as head of the judicial section of "Estaci�n Sarand�". It was renamed "Sarand�" and its status was elevated to "Villa" (town) on 15 October 1923 by the Act of Ley N� 7.638.Finally, on 1 July 1956 it was renamed "Sarand� Grande" and its status was elevated to "Ciudad" (city) by the Act of Ley N� 11.960
