Although the spring, known as Ishii-no-Gokosui, from which the name of the shrine is derived, was venerated by many people, it dried up during the Meiji period.
神社の名前の由来となった湧水は、石井の御香水と呼ばれ多くの人々に崇敬を集めていたが、明治時代に一度涸れてしまった。