Puyuan Township was established in April 1984, and was withdrawn from the township to establish a town in June 1993. There are many talented people in Puyuan Town, including Zheng Shang, a famous doctor in Song Dynasty, Zheng Damo, a celebrity in Dunhang in Ming Dynasty, Zheng, an anti-Japanese hero, a celebrity in Dunhang in Qing Dynasty, calligrapher Xiao Zushu, Jinshi Zheng, Gong Sheng Zheng Zhenguo, juren Xiao Buchang, and Zhou Moguang, a model for editing and educating local chronicles.