The village and the estate were named in honour of Count Dmitrij Zubov and were therefore called Dimitravas (it was renamed Tarvydai only in 1927).

When Lithuania was occupied by Germans, the purpose of Dimitravas Estate changed once again, and in 1941-1944 a concentration camp was operated there.

Afterwards, families of the Soviet military were gathered there, and were later transported to Germany and placed into forced labour camps.

At the end of the German occupation, in 1944, farmers who were either unwilling or unable to pay the taxes of the government were imprisoned in the Dimitravas camp.

At the end of the war, the Unity (in Lithuanian “Vienybė”) collective farm was established on this site.