Nothing remains of the castle today, and the site is occupied by the Fukushima Prefectural Office and other public buildings.

In 1592, Gamō Ujisato conquered the area with his capture of nearby Ōmori Castle and assigned it to his retainer, Kimura Yoshikiyo as the center of a 50,000 koku domain.

In 1601 the Battle of Matsukawa between Date Masamune and Honjo Shigenaga took place on the plains outside the castle.

Following the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate, Fukushima was the centre of a tenryō territory with a kokudaka of 200,000 koku.

In 1868 the castle was surrendered to the Satchō Alliance without a battle, and Fukushma Domain was abolished the following year.