Shibakawa was located in the far eastern portion of former
Suruga Province, and was largely
tenryō territory under direct control of the
Tokugawa shogunate in the
Edo period. During the cadastral reform of the early
Meiji period in 1889, the area was reorganized into two villages (Yuzuno, Shibafuji) within Fuji District and one village (Uchibo Village) within
Ihara District. Uchibo and Shibafuji merged in 1955 to form Fujihara Village, which was renamed Shibakawa in 1956 after it annexed neighboring Yuzuno Village. ==Economy==