The district is said to be named after Çubuk Bey [tr], the Seljuk commander that captured the region.Kışlacık, Yeşilkent, Yaylak, Okçular, Çatköy, and Ahurlar are places located in Çubuk and used by Yıldırım Bayezid during the 1402 Battle of Ankara which was fought between the Ottoman Empire and Timur.Most of the villages that make up the district were formed by the remnants of armies defeated or left behind after the major battle.Many settlements were founded in this region because of the agricultural areas and the Çubuk River [tr].The settlement is thought to have been founded after the conquest of Ankara and was under the control of many civilizations, for example the Hattians, Hittites, Phrygians, Romans, Byzantines, Seljuks, Timurids and Ottomans.