Nitta District was created on December 7, 1878, with the reorganization of Gunma Prefecture into districts. It included one town (Ōta) and 96 villages, which were formerly part of the tenryō holdings in
Kōzuke Province under the direct administration of the
Tokugawa shogunate or administered by hatamoto, 12 villages under
Maebashi Domain, and one village each under
Tatebayshi Domain,
Okabe Domain (Musashi Province), and
Sano Domain (Shimotsuke Province) and two villages under
Nishibata Domain (Mikawa Province). With the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889, the area was organized into four towns (Ota, Kizaki, Yabuzukahon, and Ojima) and 9 villages (Kasakake, Kuai, Sawano, Torinosato, Namashina, Watauchi, Kyodo, Serada and Hosen).
History
April 1, 1940 - The town of Ōta and the villages of Kokonoai and Sawano were merged with the village of Nirakawa (from
Yamada District) to create the town of Ōta. (4 towns, 7 villages)
November 1, 1943 - The village of Torinosato was merged into the town of Ōta. (4 towns, 6 villages)
May 3, 1948 - The town of Ōta was elevated to city status. (3 towns, 6 villages)
September 30, 1956 - The town of Kizaki and the villages of Namashima and Watauchi were merged to create the town of Nitta. (3 towns, 4 villages)
April 1, 1957 - The village of Kyodo was merged into the city of Ota. (3 towns, 3 villages)
November 1, 1957 - The village of Serada had split and was merged into the town of
Sakai (in
Sawa District, now the city of
Isesaki) and the town of Ojima, respectively. (3 towns, 2 villages)
April 1, 1963 - The village of Hosen was merged into the city of Ōta. (3 towns, 1 village)
April 1, 1990 - The village of Kasakake was elevated to town status. (4 towns)
March 28, 2005 - The towns of
Nitta,
Ojima and
Yabuzukahon were merged into the expanded city of Ōta.[1] (1 town)
March 27, 2006 - The town of
Kasakake was merged with the town of
Ōmama (from
Yamada District), and the village of
Azuma (from
Seta District) to create the city of
Midori. Nitta District was dissolved as a result of this merger.