 The last "daimyō" of Takada Domain was Sakakibara Masataka, who sided with the imperial forces in the Boshin War of the Meiji restoration and who subsequently served as imperial governor until the abolition of the han system in 1871 by the Meiji government.The towns of Takada and Naoetsu were created with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889.Takada was elevated to city status on September 1, 1911 and Naoetsu on June 1, 1954.