Hatsukashi village included four Oaza, i.e., Hishikawa, Furukawa, Shimizu and Kamogawa, which were reorganized into four towns prefixing the name of 'Hatsukashi,' thus inheriting the names of the former Oaza.
羽束師村には菱川、古川、志水、鴨川の4つの大字があり、これらは「羽束師」を冠称し、旧大字名を継承する4町に編成された。