was a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

located in Tone District, northeastern

Gunma Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Gunma Prefecture has a population of 1,937,626 (1 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,362 Square kilometre, km2 (2,456 Square mile, sq mi). Gunma P ...

Geography

*River：

Tone River The is a river in the Kantō region of Japan. It is in length (the second longest in Japan after the Shinano) and has a drainage area of (the largest in Japan). It is nicknamed Bandō Tarō (); ''Bandō'' is an obsolete alias of the Kantō ...

, Katashina River, 入沢川, 大久保川

History

*April 1, 1889 - Due to the

municipal status A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

enforcement, the villages of Kawahake(川額), Tochikubo(栃久保), and Morishita(森下) merged to form the village of Kuroho, Kitaseta District. *April 1, 1896 - Due to the district mergers(merger between Kitaseta and Tone Districts), the village belongs to Tone District. *November 1, 1958 - Merged with the village of Itonose, Tone District, to become the village of Showa, Tone District.

References

{{Reflist Kuroho