The domain was centered at Mineyama, located in modern-day Mineoka in Niigata Prefecture.
[1] The domain was created in 1634 (Kan'ei 11) when the lord of Nagaoka Domain Makino Tadanari (Japanese: 牧野忠成) distributed 6,000 koku of territory around Mineyama to his fourth son Makino Sadanari (Japanese: 牧野定成).
[3] In 1863 (Bunkyū 2), the Tokugawa shogunate formally recognized Mineyama as a feudal domain with 11,000 koku.
[4] Unlike many other feudal subjects, the lord Makino Tadayasu (Japanese: 牧野忠泰) was exempted from the requirement of spending time in the capital Edo as dictated by the Sankin-kōtai policy.
It submitted to the new Meiji government in August 1868 (Keiō 4), and subsequently sent troops to aid the latter's conquest of Shōnai Domain.