The name was changed in the Japanese colonial era to Wufeng Village, and then, after World War II and the arrival of the ROC government, to Wufeng Rural Township.
霧峰鄉原名為阿罩霧，早期為土著族社及泰雅族賽考列克亞族的社域，日據時期改名霧峰庄，光復後正式命名為霧峰鄉。