Yuri District, Akita

Yuri District (由利郡, Yuri-gun) was a rural district located in southern Akita Prefecture, Japan.

Therefore, Yuri District was dissolved as a result of this merger.

At the time, the area consisted of one town and 101 villages formerly under the control of Honjō Domain, one town and 70 villages formerly under the control of Kameda Domain, 45 villages formerly under the control of Yashima Domain, 9 villages that were tenryō territory directly administered by the Tokugawa shogunate, and 4 villages under the control of hatamoto retainers of Honjō Domain and Yashima Domain.

Akita Prefecture was founded on December 13, 1871.

With the establishment of the municipality system on December 23, 1878, Yuri District, with three towns (Honjō, Kameda and Yashima) and 28 villages was established.

Location of former Yuri District in Akita Prefecture
Historic Map of Yuri District:
Blue - Yurihonjō-shi
  1. Honjō
  2. Yashima
  3. Kameda
  4. Koyoshi
  5. Nishime
  6. Hitane
  7. Kawauchi
  8. Sasagō
  9. Taomai
  10. Shimogō
  11. Ishizawa
  12. Higashi-Taki
  13. Nishi-Taki
  14. Ayukawa
  15. Otomo
  16. Minami-Utetsu
  17. Kita-Utetsu
  18. Iwaya
  19. Shimo-Kawaōchi
  20. Kami-Kawaōchi
  21. Michikawa
  22. Matsugasaki
Pink - Nikaho-shi
  1. Hirasawa
  2. Konoura
  3. Shiokoshi
  4. Kamihama
  5. Kamigō
  6. Koide
  7. Innai
Light Blue - to others
  1. Daishoji (now part of Akita-shi)
  2. Shimohama (now part of Akita-shi)