Shūchi District, Shizuoka

Shūchi District was established in the July 22, 1878 cadastral reforms initiated by the Meiji government with one town (Mori) and 53 villages.

In a round of consolidation on April 1, 1889, the number of villages was reduced to 12.

The village of Inui was elevated to town status on November 15, 1928.

In another round of consolidation from 1955 to 1956, the town of Haruno wa created by the merger of Inui with the villages of Kumakiri and Keta, and the remaining villages were consolidated with Mori or Yamanashi.

Yamanashi was merged into Fukuroi on January 1, 1963 and Haruno with Hamamatsu on July 1, 2005.