The name of the village comes from the Bogoria family, which resided in the nearby village of Skotniki. In 1578, Bogoria was a small settlement, and a local nobleman named Krzysztof Bogoria Podlecki decided to found here a town. In 1616, King
Sigismund III Vasa granted it
Magdeburg rights, and Bogoria quickly developed, with its own town hall, artisans and eight
fairs every year. The town belonged to
Sandomierz Voivodeship in the
Lesser Poland Province, and like other locations, it was completely destroyed by Swedish soldiers in the
Deluge (1655–1660). In 1662, it had only 300 inhabitants, and by 1676, the population shrank to 100. In the 18th century, the situation improved, with merchants and cloth makers opening their shops here. In 1770, however, Bogoria burned, together with the town hall. By 1827, when after the
Partitions of Poland, the town belonged to the Russian-controlled
Congress Poland, it had a population of 425, with 73 houses. Bogoria lost its town charter after the
November Uprising (1869), together with a number of other towns of northern Lesser Poland. During
World War II, Bogoria was one of centers of the
Home Army. In December 1942, the
Jędrusie resistance organization attacked a German train, robbing it of 30 tons of sugar, and killed a local German spy.
Polish underground press was distributed in Bogoria. The Germans destroyed 80% of the village. ==References==