Ihara District was created in the early Meiji cadastral reforms of April 1, 1889, with four towns (Ejiri, Yui, Okitsu, and Kanbara) and ten villages.
The village of Sodeshi was raised to town status on April 8, 1948, and the village of Nishina was annexed by the city of Shizuoka on April 8, 1948.
Later that year, the town of Fujikawa annexed Matsuno village.
In 1961, the towns of Okitsu and Sodeshi along with three villages were annexed by the city of Shimizu.
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