 Early officials passed a resolution to change its name and the name chosen was "Tapon", which means "to cross" in Visayan, because of the wooden hanging bridge between the barangay and the town centre.In the same year (1968), the first school building was erected, followed by the construction of the chapel, inaugurated on June 29, 1968, the date of the fiesta.Tapon overlooks Camotes Sea to the north.