Mamada Station opened on 1 April 1894. The current station building was completed in February 1979.[citation needed] On 1 April 1987 the station came under the control of JR East with the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR).
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 4225 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.