History

Archaeological remains dating back to the Bronze Age have been found here, along with Roman cemeteries. Some researchers associate Hinojosa with the túrdulo settlement of Betoria, and, more specifically, with the Roman Idias.

By the 3rd century, the population had become quite numerous, and the town's priest signed an agreement linking Hinojosa with the Council of Seville.

After its reconquest in 1236, Ferdinand III awarded the town to Diego Martinez.

By the mid-15th century, it was a hamlet belonging to Belalcazar. In 1545, John II ceded it, along with Gaete (no longer in existence), Fuente Obejuna and Belmez to the Grand Master of Calatrava, don Gutierrez de Sotomayor, and Hinojosa thus became part of the Dukedom of Sotomayor.

Though ecclesiastically-speaking always a part of the Bishopric of Cordoba, the town's civil and administrative jurisdiction was in the hands of Extremadura, from which it separated in order to join Cordoba, first in the civil sense (1833) and soon after for administrative matters (1836).

Eminent citizens
Marcial Gomez Parejo, painter.
Padre Juan Ruiz, priest.
Francisco Romero de Paula y Palomeque, writer.