Per the 1843 "東海道宿村大概帳" (Tōkaidō Shukuson Taigaichō) guidebook issued by the Inspector of Highways (道中奉行, Dōchu-būgyō), the town had a population of 855 with one honjin, one wakihonjin, and 15 hatago.

It had one Tonyaba, for the stabling of packhorses and warehousing of goods, and one kōsatsu for the display of official notifications.

The distance between neighboring Ishiyakushi-juku and Shōno-juku was less than three kilometers, making it the second shortest interval between stations on the Tōkaidō.

Shōno-juku established an archives museum in 1998 in one of the surviving buildings of the post station.

[1] and depicts a group of travelers with straw raincoats and umbrellas, caught in a sudden summer thunderstorm and hurrying towards shelter.