Fuji District, Shizuoka

• town of Shibakawa

  Timeline

• April 1, 1889 - Establishment of local municipalities: Ōmiya Town, Yoshiwara Town and 20 villages were formed within Fuji District.
• August 1, 1929 - Kajima Village was elevated to town status and renamed to become Fuji Town.
• January 1, 1933 - Takaoka Village was elevated to town status to become Takaoka Town.
• April 1, 1940 - Shimada Village was merged into Yoshiwara Town.
• April 3, 1941 - Denbō Village was merged into Yoshiwara Town.
• June 1, 1942 - Ōmiya Town and Tomioka Village were merged to create Fujinomiya City.
• June 14, 1942 - Imaizumi Village was merged into Yoshiwara Town.
• April 1, 1948 - Yoshiwara Town becomes Yoshiwara City.
• March 31, 1954 - Fuji Town absorbed Tagoura Village and Iwamatsu Village to create Fuji City.
• February 11, 1955 - Motoyoshiwara Village, Sudo Village, Yoshinaga Village, and Harada Village were merged into Yoshiwara City..
• April 1, 1955
• * Ōbuchi Village was merged into Yoshiwara City.
• * Fujine Village was merged into Fujinomiya City.
• September 30, 1956 - Shibatomi Village was merged with Utsubusa Village and Ihara District, to create the village of　Tomihara.
• March 31, 1957 - Yuno Village and Tomihara Village were merged to create the town of Shibakawa.
• April 1, 1958 - Kitayama Village, Kamiide Village,　Shiraito Village, and Ueno Village were merged into Fujinomiya City.
• November 1, 1966 - Takaoka Town was merged with the cities of Fuji and Yoshiwara to create the new city of Fuji.
• March 23, 2010 - The town of Shibakawa was merged into the expanded city of Fujinomiya. Fuji District was dissolved as a result of this merger.

  Related Article

• List of dissolved districts of Japan