The place is known for its connection to MINAMOTO no Yoshinaka and Shigetada HATAKEYAMA, busho (Japanese military commanders) during the late Heian period, and flourished as Sugaya-juku Station on the Kawagoe Kodama Okan (Kawagoe-Kodama route) connecting Edo with Joshu during the Edo period.
平安時代末期の武将源義仲や畠山重忠ゆかりの地で、江戸時代には江戸と上州を結ぶ川越児玉往還の菅谷宿として栄えた。