Today, the territory of the district is located in the Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland.
With the entry into force of the Treaty of Versailles on 10 January 1920 and the associated dissolution of the Province of West Prussia, the Stuhm district was initially subordinated to the Oberpräsident in Königsberg.
After the invasion of Poland in 1939, the Stuhm district became part of the newly formed Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia.
In the spring of 1945, the Red Army conquered the district and placed it under Polish administration.
[3] Prior to its dissolution in 1945, the district comprised two towns and 65 other municipalities:[5] In some cases, place names that were considered "not German" enough in the 1930s received phonetic alignment or translation: