Gunji as local officials became in name only, however, there appeared some cases that samurai inherited from Gozoku who had produced Gunji took 'Gunji' as their name, and also in some area, Gunji survived meagerly as one of the Shiki system (stratified land ruling structure).
こうして地方官としての郡司は有名無実化していくが、中世に於いても、郡司を輩出した地方豪族の系統を引く武士が「郡司」を名乗っている例も散見できる他、一部の地区では職の体系の一つとして細々と生き残っていった。