 Until the Partitions of Poland (1795), Wierzbica remained in Sandomierz Voivodeship.In 1795 - 1807 it belonged to the Habsburg Empire, and in 1807 - 1815 to the Duchy of Warsaw, which became Russian-controlled Congress Poland.The town declined in the 19th century, and after the January Uprising, Russian government reduced its status to that of a village.