[4] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Kaduy.

The lower course of the Suda inside the district became a part of the Rybinsk Reservoir.

On September 23, 1937, Kaduysky District was transferred to newly established Vologda Oblast.

[2] On August 1, 1927, Abakanovsky District with the administrative center in the selo of Abakanovo[12] was also established.

[13] The main branch of agriculture in the district is cattle breeding with milk and meat production.

[13] The railroad connecting Vologda to Saint Petersburg via Cherepovets crosses the southern part of the district from east to west.

A114 highway, connecting Vologda to Cherepovets and Saint Petersburg, crosses the eastern corner of the district, passing close to the urban-type settlement of Khokhlovo.