History since the establishment of the county • January 26, 1884 - Usuki County becomes
Higashiusuki District. The county office is set up in Okatomi. (3 towns and 53 villages) • May 1, 1889 - New towns and villages system is established, the following towns and villages were established. (2 towns and 16 villages) •
Nobeoka Town ← Nobeoka Castle, Okatomi Village, Funakura Town (now Nobeoka City) •
Okatomi Village ← Okatomi Village, Hozaijima Village (now Nobeoka City) •
Tsunetomi ← Misu, Tsunetomi, Dekitamura (now Nobeoka) • Igata
Village ← Akamizu Village, Taina Village, Kushizu Tororo Village, Ifukugata Village (now Nobeoka City) •
Kadokawa Village ← Kadokawa Oue Village, Kawauchi Village, Kakusa Village, Angawa Village (now Kadokawa Town) •
Hososhima Town (now Hyuga City) •
Tomitaka Village ← Zaikoji Village, Shiomi Village, Tomitaka Village, Hichiya Village (now Hyuga City) •
Iwawaki ← Koyukiwaki, Hiraiwa (now Hyuga City) •
Togo Village ← San'in Village, Yaehara Sakonouchi Village, Tsuboya Village, Shimosanka Village (now Hyuga City) •
Nango Village ← Uedagawa Village, Nakatogawa Village, Oni Jinno Village, Kammon Village, Mizuseiya Village (now Misato Town) •
Saigo Village ← Yamasanga Village, Ohara Village, Tashiro Village, Tateishi Village (now Misato Town) •
Kitago Village ← Unama Village, Irishita Village, Kuroki Village (now Misato Town) •
Kitakata Village (now Nobeoka City) •
Minakata Village ← Miwa Village, Minakata Village, Onuki Village (now Nobeoka City) •
Tokai Village ← Daitake Town, Awana Village, Inabazaki Village, Kaiko Village, Kawashima Village (now Nobeoka City) •
Kitagawa Village ← Kawauchi Namura, Nagai Village (now Nobeoka City) •
Minamiura ← Urajiri, Sugae, Kumanoe, Shimanoura (now Nobeoka) •
Kitaura ← Furue, Ichimura, Miyanoura, Mikawauchi (now Nobeoka) • April 1, 1897 - County system enforced. • October 1, 1921 - Tomitaka village becomes the town of
Tomitaka by through the town system. (3 towns and 15 villages) • April 1, 1923 - The county council is abolished. The county office remains. • July 1, 1926 - The county government office is abolished. After that, it will be called Area Classification. • April 1, 1930 - Nobeoka Town, Okatomi Village, Tsunetomi Village merged,
Nobeoka Town was reestablished. (3 towns and 13 villages) • February 11, 1933 - Nobeoka Town became the
city of
Nobeoka by through the city system and left the county. (2 towns and 13 villages) • October 25, 1936 - Igata Village and Tokai-mura are incorporated into the city of Nobeoka. (3 towns and 10 villages) • October 1, 1937 -
Tomishima Town was reestablished through the merger of Tomitaka Town and Hososhima Town . (2 towns and 10 villages) • April 1, 1949 -
Nishiusuki district
Morotsuka-
shiiba changes counties. (2 towns and 12 villages) • April 1, 1951 - Toshima and Iwawaki-mura merged to form the
city of
Hyuga, leaving the county. (1 town and 11 villages) • April 1, 1955 - Minakata Village and Minamiura Village transferred to Nobeoka City. (1 town 9 villages) • April 1, 1969-
Togo Town becomes the
township of
Togo Town. (2 towns and 8 villages) • January 11, 1972 - Kitagawa-mura becomes the town of
Kitagawa through enforcement of the town system. Kitaura Village also becomes the town of
Kitaura. • January 1, 2006 -
Misato Town is established by the merger of Nango Village, Saigo Village, and Kitago Village. (6 towns and 2 villages) • February 20, 2006 - Kitakata and Kitaura are transferred to Nobeoka. (4 towns and 2 villages) • February 25, 2006 - Togo Town is incorporated into Hyuga City. (3 towns and 2 villages) • March 31, 2007 - The town of Kitagawa is incorporated into Nobeoka. (2 towns and 2 villages) ==Towns and villages==