On July 15, 1929, the uyezds were abolished, the governorates merged into the Northern Krai, and Konoshsky District was established among others.

In 1930, the okrug was abolished, and the district was subordinated to the central administration of Northern Krai.

The Kubena River, which drains into Lake Kubenskoye (from which the Sukhona flows) has its source in the district.

[7] As an administrative division, the district is divided into ten selsoviets and one urban-type settlement with jurisdictional territory (Konosha).

[14] There are paved roads in the district, connecting Konosha with Velsk in the east and Nyandoma in the north.

The district contains nine objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local importance.

[16] In 1964–1965, future literature Nobel Prize winner Joseph Brodsky was exiled to the village of Norinskaya of Konoshsky District after being charged with social parasitism and convicted to eighteen months of hard labor.

In the exile, Brodsky chopped wood and also studied Russian and American literature.