After the Conquest of Sylhet in 1303, many disciples of Shah Jalal migrated to Juri where they preached the religion of Islam to the local people.

During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, freedom fighters conducted operations in various tea gardens across modern-day Juri.

The Pakistani army reached Juri on 2 December and many culverts and bridges were destroyed whilst fighting them.

Jagadhari pond (behind Juri High School) is noted as a mass killing site.

On 12 March 2013, miscreants set fire around Radha Govinda temple in Amtail, Juri.

Juri had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 52.33%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1034 females per 1000 males.