It weathered the alterations of the Farther Pomeranian district borders in 1724 unchanged.
In 1815, with the introduction of government regions, Stolp District became part of the new Köslin Region in the enlarged Province of Pomerania in Prussia, part of the German Federation (1815-1866), North German Confederation (1867-1871) and the united Germany of 1871.
However, Stolp rural district maintained its district offices in that town.
On 1 January 1945 the rural district comprised 193 municipalities around the city of Stolp (renamed in Polish as Slupsk in 1945).
With the Soviet conquest of Farther Pomerania in March 1945 the district ceased to exist.