Archeological localities in the area include: Sesije, Gornje Šume, Vodice, Bokternica and Pašnjak. Although there are traces of
Slavs in Bačka from before, Slavic presence in this area is confirmed by the data beginning in the
9th century, when the area was part of the
Bulgarian Empire and the Bulgarian voivod
Salan ruled in Bačka. The presence of Hungarians is dated to the 10th century, after Salan was defeated by the Hungarian forces. Futog was mentioned for the first time in 1224 when
Tatars devastated it. Before the Tatar invasion, the settlement was known as Batkay. In the 15th century it was an important market town. During the Hungarian administration, Futog was part of the
Bacsensis County and was also a possession of the Futaky family in the 14th century, and a possession of the Jób Garai in the middle of the 15th century. In 1526-1527 it was part of the state of
Emperor Jovan Nenad, and between 1528 and 1686 it was part of the
Ottoman Empire. During the Ottoman administration, Futog was part of the
Sanjak of Segedin and was mostly populated by
Serbs and
Muslims. According to the Ottoman traveler from the 17th century,
Evliya Çelebi, the town of Vutok had a fortress, 4 Muslim religious buildings, including the mosque of Sulejman-han and 3 masjids, as well as about 180 houses. After 1686, it was part of the
Habsburg monarchy. Between 1696 and 1868, Futog had annual princes. The prince had a symbolical function. The Estate of Futog was a possession of the King's Chamber 1686-1703, of General Baron Josef von
Neheim zu Berstrate 1703-1721, of Count John Josef
O'Dwyer 1721-1731, of Count Friedrich Lorenz
Cavriani 1731-1744, of Mihailo
Čarnojević 1744-1769, of Count
András Hadik 1769-1801, of Count Josef
Brunszvik 1801-1852, and of Count Rudolf
Chotek von Wognin 1852-1921, of Count Franz von
Schönborn 1921-1942 and of
Margrave Alessandro
Pallavicino 1942-1944. In 1715, the population of Futog was composed of 130 Serbian and 7 Hungarian households, while in 1720, it was composed of 126 Serbian and 14 Hungarian households. The area was later colonized by Germans. Near the Serb-populated Old Futog, Germans founded a new settlement known as the New Futog. Later, a sizable number of Germans settled in Old Futog as well. The Colonization of
Germans ended in 1774. In the 18th and the first half of the 19th century, Futog was part of the
Batsch-Bodrog County within the
Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary. In 1848-1849 Futog was part of the
Serbian Vojvodian, a Serb self-proclaimed autonomous region within Austrian Empire, which got transformed between 1849 and 1860 into the
Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar, a separate crownland. After the abolishment of the voivodeship in 1860, Futog was again a part of the
Batsch-Bodrog County. In 1910, the population of the Old Futog was ethnically mixed, with Germans and Serbs, while the population of the New Futog was mainly German. Other smaller ethnic groups in the town included Hungarians and Slovaks. In 1918, Futog, as part of the
Banat, Bačka and Baranja region, became part of the
Kingdom of Serbia, as was decided by the decree of the Great people's assembly in Novi Sad in 1918, November 2). Since December 1, 1918, it was part of the
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as
Yugoslavia). From 1918 to 1922, Futog was part of the
Novi Sad County, from 1922 to 1929 a part of the
Bačka Oblast, and from 1929 to 1941 a part of the
Danube Banovina. During
World War II (in 1941), after the
Axis powers invaded and partitioned Yugoslavia, the town came under
Axis occupation and was attached to
Bács-Bodrog County of
Horthy's Hungary. After the defeat of Axis powers there in 1944, one part of the local German population left from the area, together with the defeated German army. The
Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ) declared the remaining German population as public enemies and sent them to communist prison camps. After the abolishment of the camps in 1948, the remaining German population left from Yugoslavia, mainly because of economical reasons. Since 1944, the town was part of
Yugoslav Vojvodina, which from 1945 was a part of socialist
Serbia within the new socialist
Yugoslavia. After the Second World War, in 1945 and 1946 Futog was settled by Serb families which mostly originated from
Bosnia,
Lika, and
Srem. Population censuses conducted after the war recorded a Serb ethnic majority in the town. ==Sights==