Old Čaglin was scattered along the southern shore, while the new Čaglin is located along the railway and the road towards Bektež.
Prehistoric Čaglin must have been somewhere along the Londža river towards Ruševo, as there is a mention of the ruins of the old church of St. John along Londža. Until the establishment of the parish in Ruševo after the Turks, Čaglin belonged to the Sesvete parish (15th century). When in 1882, Vjenceslav Turković, a merchant from Karlovac, purchased the Kutjevo estate along the constructed railway line from Pleternica to Našice, the new owner, after building a sawmill in Irenovac, established a 50-kilometer narrow-gauge industrial railway that brought timber from surrounding mountain forests to the new sawmill. On the cleared forested areas, large deforested plots were created, and land parceling was carried out, which led to the start of colonization at the beginning of the century.
On certain estates and the forest economy of the Irenovac forestry, due to a lack of labor, settlements such as Milanlug to the west of Čaglin, and Darkovac, Vlajevac, and Zdenkovac to the east of Čaglin, were established. The Vlajevac estate, located between the Čaglin railway station and Ljeskovica, was recorded by Zdenko Turković in his book “Seven Centuries of Kutjevo’s Dilir” as the first colonization of 40 families into Čaglin in 1901. This marked the beginning of colonization, meaning the settlement of smaller working families from distant parts of the homeland, areas that had not yet been populated. Around the sawmill, a diverse village, Irenovac, emerged.
Near the Čaglin railway station, houses began to be built, leading to the creation of Novi Čaglin. The village of Ruševo is second in population within the municipality, right after Čaglin. It is first mentioned in 1221 as a noble estate, and in 1251 as a settlement with a church of St. Nicholas. It was a parish in 1335 and a villa and lordship in 1422, and continued as such. The seat of the lordship was located on a hill between Ruševo and Sovski Dol, where remnants of the former fortified noble castle can still be found.
In 1545, Sovski Dol was first mentioned in the Turkish tax register, which is proof that the village existed in the Middle Ages and that its name was not given by the Turks, but by someone else many years earlier. The next village after Sovski Dol on the road to Đakovo is Paka. Paka is first mentioned in 1281, and it was home to several noble families and settlements: Mala Paka near St. Catherine (today’s Paka), Mala Paka near St. Emeric (today’s Imrevci), Kindrova Paka (Kindrovo), and Kraljevska Paka. The easternmost village of the Čaglin municipality is Imrevci. Dr. Josip Buturac believes that the name “Imrevci” comes from the ignorance and arbitrary actions of educated people.
The village of Dobrogošće is first mentioned in 1345 as a noble estate belonging to the family known as “from Dobrogošće.”
Migalovci are mentioned in 1422, 1450, and 1498. In 1335, Djedina Rijeka is first mentioned as a parish, and later as a noble estate and parish. Djedina Rijeka is now known for the international bicycle race held every year on August 15, dedicated to the honor of Sister Josipa Nevistić, who was brutally murdered by the partisans during World War II. The village of Ljeskovica once belonged to the noble Aba family of Našice, and is first mentioned in 1322.
As a village with seven peasant lands and settlements, Sapna is first mentioned in 1534. The Londžica river flows through several places. Londža is a Turkish word meaning “guild master or chairman,” which suggests that the name originated during Turkish rule. It is not confirmed how the estates and river were named in the Middle Ages.
