Yuryevetsky District was formed on June 10, 1929, as part of the Kineshma Okrug of Ivanovo Industrial Oblast from the Zavrazhnaya, Valovskaya, Yuryevetskaya and partially Sokolskaya volosts.

The district included the following village councils: Borisoglebsky, Bukharinsky, Valovsky, Vedrovsky, Voznesensky, Volkovsky, Volsky, Golodaikhsky, Dolmatovsky, Dorkovsky, Dorofeevsky, Zhukovsky, Zavrazhny, Zubarikinsky, Ilyinsky, Kamennikovsky, Karginsky, Kobylinsky, Kovarakovsky, Kovriginsky, Kokuevsky, Kondomsky, Korenevsky, Koshkinsky, Kudrinsky, Kuzminsky, Lazarevsky, Lubyansky, Mamontovsky, Makhlovsky, Mikhailovsky, Mostovsky, Mordvikovsky, Novlensky, Obzherikhinsky, Oblezovsky, Ovsyannikovsky, Pelegovsky, Potemkinsky, Protalinsky, Slobodskoy-Sokolsky, Sobolevsky, Sokolsky, Stolpinsky, Strelitsky, Talitsky, Tyutyukinsky, Chernyshevsky, Chertezhsky, Churkinsky, Shchekotovsky.

On June 18, 1954, a number of village councils were abolished as a result of consolidation: Novlensky, Protalinsky, Volsky, Kovrakovsky, Potemkinsky, Talitsky, Ilyinsky, Kuzminsky, Strelitsky, Pervomaisky, Borisoglebsky, Unzhensky, Chertezhsky, Mostovsky; Zhukovsky and Shchekotovsky were united into Zadorozhsky, Dorkovsky and Mordvinovsky into Elnatsky, Volkovsky, Kobylinsky, and Ovsyannikovsky into Nezhitinsky.

On January 13, 1965, the district was re-established, including the town of Yuryevets and the following village councils: Elnatsky, Zadorozhsky, Lazarevsky, Makhlovsky, Obzherikhinsky, Sobolevsky, Churkinsky, Kamennikovsky, and Mikhailovsky.

[5] In January 2018, the first inter-settlement gas pipeline in the Yuryevetsky District, extending 2.7 km from Drozdikha to the village of Novlenskoye, was built.

The main tasks include ensuring water and gas supply to the population and providing high-quality heat to social facilities and households.

One of the main problems is the water supply system in Yuryevets, which has not undergone major repairs since its installation in 1957, leading to significant wear.

A subsidy was allocated to address this issue for the replacement of worn-out water supply networks and the drilling of new artesian wells.

Meetings were held with stakeholders to discuss solutions, including well flushing, equipment purchases, and major repairs of fire hydrants.

[8] In 2015, the district experienced a decline in population due to an excess of deaths over births, as well as a net migration loss of 192 people.

According to the 2020 census, the following nationalities resided in the district (nationalities less than 0.1% and other, see note for "Others"):[9] Administratively, the district is divided into 4 municipal formations, including 1 urban and 3 rural settlements:[3] Within the framework of local self-government reform of 2005, 1 urban (Yuryevetskoye) and 6 rural settlements were formed: Elnatskoye, Kostyayevskoye, Mikhaylovskoye, Obzherikhinskoye, Pelevinskoye, Sobolevskoye.