Shūsō District, Ehime

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Shūsō (周桑郡, Shūsō-gun^?) was a district located in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Due to the mergers, the district dissolved on November 1, 2004.

[edit] History

April 1897 — Shūfu District and Kuwamura District merged to become the Shūsō District. (17 villages)
November 22, 1898 — The village of Komatsu gained town status to become the town of Komatsu. (1 town, 16 villages)
June 14, 1901 — The village of Nyūgawa gained town status to become the town of Nyūgawa. (2 towns, 15 villages)
December 13, 1913 — The village of Fukuoka gained town status to become the town of Tanbara. (3 towns, 14 villages)
October 1, 1940 — The village of Taga merged into the town of Nyūgawa. (3 towns, 13 villages)
August 10, 1951 — The village of Senzokuyama was renamed to the village of Ishizuchi.
January 1, 1955 — The villages of Shūfu, Yoshii, the town of Nyūgawa, and the villages of Yoshioka and Kuniyasu merged to form the town of Nyūgawa. (3 towns, 9 villages)
January 1, 1955 — The villages of Miyoshi, Kusukawa, and Shōnai merged to form the town of Miyoshi. (4 towns, 6 villages)
April 25, 1955 — The village of Ishizuchi, the town of Komatsu, and the village of Iwane merged to form the town of Komatsu. (4 towns, 4 villages)
April 25, 1955 — The village of Tokuda and the town of Tanbara merged to form thetown of Tanbara. (4 towns, 3 villages)
July 20, 1955 — The villages of Nakagawa and Sakuragi merged to form the village of Nakagawa. (4 towns, 2 villages)
September 1, 1956 — The town of Tanbara, and the villages of Tano and Nakagawa merged to form the town of Tanbara. (4 towns, 1 village)
September 1, 1956 — Parts of the village of Nakagawa merged with the village of Kawauchi from Onsen District to form the town of Kawauchi in Onsen District (now the city of Tōon). (4 towns)
January 1, 1971 — The towns of Nyūgawa and Miyoshi merged to form the town of Tōyo. (3 towns)
October 1, 1972 — The town of Tōyo gained city status to become the city of Tōyo. (2 towns)
November 1, 2004 — The towns of Komatsu and Tanbara merged with the cities of Saijō and Tōyo to form the new city of Saijō. The Shūsō District was thus dissolved.