The area that encompasses the present-day townships of Meinung and Kaoshu was defended by the "right-flank militia" (you dui). Minung was the command center of the you dui. Later, during the Japanese colonial period (1895-1945), the authorities changed Minung's name to Meinung and established the community as the seat of township government.
美濃第一街「永安路」是清代中、末期「瀰濃庄」所在地，為客家六堆之右堆統御中心所在地，也是日據時期日人統治「美濃庄」的役場設置地點。