Nèihuáng

Neihuang lies on the northern Henan plain. Its county name dates back to the Han period, and the county seat moved during its long history. In the Song it belonged to Daming prefecture; under the Jin and Yuan it was associated with Hua prefecture. The county returned to Daming prefecture in the early Ming.

The Qing initially followed the Ming administrative arrangement, but Neihuang was later transferred to Zhangde prefecture in Henan. County gazetteers recorded these changes of jurisdiction as well as the old course of the Yellow River east of the county, a reminder of the changing waterways of the plain.