Siruma was under the jurisdiction of Quipayo, considered to be one of the oldest parishes in the Archdiocese of Nueva Caceres. Now, Quipayo is an informal district, a conglomeration of several surrounding barangays clustered about the Catholic Parish of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception. On October 19, 1846, a decree was implemented by Governor General
Narciso Claveria which restructured the territorial domain of the province. It was during this time that Siruma was ceded to Camarines Norte. It was said that the town's name was derived from the name of an island called "Matandang Siruma". The word "siruma" comes from the local vernacular
sirum which is a "small, red ant". A myth was told that a certain capitan encountered a swarm of small red ants during his overnight stay in one of the places in Siruma, thus, calling the place as "masirum". ==Geography==