Out of these, towns of Shimono-cho, Nakano-cho and Hashizume-cho formed a district which had been integrated into Mukaijima village from Machigumi of Fushimi at the time of the enforcement of the Municipal Government Act in 1889 and renamed as Mukaijima Shimono-cho, Mukaijima Nakano-cho and Mukaijima Hashizume-cho in 1931.
うち、下ノ町、中ノ町、橋詰町は明治22年（1889年）の市制町村制施行時に伏見の町組から向島村に編入された区域で、昭和6年、向島下ノ町、向島中ノ町、向島橋詰町となった。