Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tarihin Zacharo ya fara ne a tsakiyar karni na 19. A lokacin yakin Girka na Independence, yankin Zacharo ba shi da yawan jama'a. Amma, a shekarun da suka biyo baya, mutane daga ƙauyukan da ke kusa da tsaunuka suka soma ƙaura zuwa yankin. An yi zargin cewa garin ya dauki sunansa daga wani masauki, wanda ya kasance ga wata mace mai suna Zacharoula. A shekara ta 1881 aka ayyana Zacharo a matsayin al'umma. A ƙarshen watan Agusta 2007, gobarar daji
ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar sama da 40, da kuma lalata dukiya mai yawa. Zacharo na ɗaya daga cikin yankunan da bala'in ya fi shafa a ƙasar Girka.