Since initially the domain held its jinya (regional government office) in Kaiju Village (present Kaiju, Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture), it is also called Kaiju Domain; however, during time of the seventh lord of the domain, Sukeyoshi ODA, it was moved to the Shiba Village.
もとは戒重村（現在の奈良県桜井市戒重）に芝村陣屋を構えていたため、戒重藩（かいじゅうはん）とも呼ばれるが、第7代藩主・織田輔宜の時代に移転した。