The commune is composed of four villages: Horoatu Crasnei, Hurez (Bagolyfalu), Stârciu (Bogdánháza), and Șeredeiu (Sereden).

The town officially became part of the territory ceded to the Kingdom of Romania in June 1920 under the terms of the Treaty of Trianon.

In August 1940, under the auspices of Nazi Germany, which imposed the Second Vienna Award, Hungary retook the territory of Northern Transylvania (which included Horoatu Crasnei) from Romania.

Towards the end of World War II, however, the commune was taken back from Hungarian and German troops by Romanian and Soviet forces in October 1944.

In 1950, it fell within the Cluj Region; in 1968, a new administrative law was adopted, and Horoatu Crasnei became once again part of Zalău County.