Higashiiwai District, Iwate

• Fujisawa

post-WWII timeline

• January 1, 1955 - The village of Maikawa was merged with the villages of Ganmi, Hagisho and Yasaka, and the old city of Ichinoseki to create the new and expanded city of Ichinoseki.
• February 1, 1955 - The villages of Tagawatsu and Nagasaka were merged to create the town of Higashiyama.
• April 1, 1955
• *The town of Fujisawa, the villages of Yasawa, Oumi and parts of Otsuho were merged to create the town of Fujisawa.
• *The villages of Orikabe, Yakoshi and the remaining parts of Otsuho were merged to create the village of Murone.
• *The village of Namabo was merged with the town of Maesawa, and the villages of Hakusan and Furushiro to create the town of Maesawa.
• *The towns of Yokusawa and Ohara, and the villages of Sazawa, Shibutami and Kyoda were merged to create the town of Daitō.
• April 15, 1955 - The village of Nagashima was merged with the older town of Hiraizumi to create the new town of Hiraizumi.
• September 30, 1956
• *The villages of Kamoi and Kadozaki were merged to create the village of Kawasaki.
• *The town of Senmaya was merged with the villages of Konashi, Okutama, and Iwashimuzu to create the town of Senmaya.
• November 1, 1958 - The village of Matsukawa was merged into the village of Higashiyama and was elevated to town status.
• September 20, 2005 - The towns of Daitō, Higashiyama and Senmaya, and the villages of Kawasaki and Murone were merged with the town of Hanaizumi and the old city of Ichinoseki to create the new and expanded city of Ichinoseki.
• September 26, 2011 - The town of Fujisawa was merged into the expanded city of Ichinoseki. Higashiiwai District was dissolved as a result of this merger.