Vlhia was first mentioned as a Romanian settlement in part of the Szkely Land area belonging to Udvarhelyszk
Vlahita (Olahfalu) was first mentioned as a Romanian settlement (Villa Olachalis). The town was part of the Szekely Land area of the historical Transylvania province. It belonged to Udvarhelyszek until the administrative reform of Transylvania in 1876, when it fell within the Udvarhely County of the Austria-Hungary. 
