At present time (as of June 2013), the district consists of only the town of
Misato with an estimated population of 20,771 and an area of 168.36 km2. All of the city of
Senboku, most of the city of
Daisen and part of the city of
Yokote were formerly part of Senboku District.
The area of Senboku District was formerly part of
Dewa Province, and was originally created out of
Hiraka District in the year 870. Dewa Province was divided into the provinces of
Ugo Province and
Uzen Province following the
Meiji Restoration on January 19, 1869, with the area of Semboku becoming part of Ugo Province. At the time, the area consisted of one town (
Kakunodate) and 181 villages formerly under the control of
Kubota Domain. Akita Prefecture was founded on December 13, 1871.
With the establishment of the municipality system on April 1, 1889, modern Senboku District, with one town (Kakunodate) and 37 villages was established.
1891 – Ōmagari and
Rokugō were elevated to town status.
1897 – Kanazawa was elevated to town status.
1902 – Kariwano and Jinguji were elevated to town status.
1922 – Nagano was elevated to town status.
1953 – Obonai was elevated to town status.
May 3, 1954 – The city of
Ōmagari was established.
March 31, 1955 – Jinguji was renamed
Kamioka, Nagano was renamed
Nakasen.
September 30, 1956 – The southern portion of the town of Kanazawa was merged into the city of
Yokote.
1957 – The town of Obonai became the town of Tazawako.
April 1, 1969 –
Kyōwa and
Ōta were both established.
On September 20, 2005 – the towns of
Kakunodate and
Tazawako, and the village of
Nishiki were merged to create the city of
Semboku.[1] Following this merger, Senboku District was left with only the town of Misato.
References
^"仙北市について". 仙北市 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-15. 仙北市は平成17年9月20日に旧田沢湖町、旧角館町、旧西木村が合併し、誕生しました。