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Fort St. Vrain
Fort St. Vrain was a 330 MWe helium-cooled nuclear power plant in Weld County, Colorado, the only commercial-scale HTGR in the United States, shut down in 1989.
Fort Stevens (Oregon)
Fort Stevens was a US Army coastal defense fort at the mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon, serving from the Civil War to World War II.
Fort Stewart
Fort Stewart, Georgia, with Hunter Army Airfield: largest US Army installation east of the Mississippi River, home of the 3rd Infantry Division, established 1940 as Camp Stewart.
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter, sea fort on an artificial island in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, begun 1829; site of the Civil War's first battle, April 12-14, 1861, and the 1863-65 siege.
Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga, built by the French as Fort Carillon 1755-1757 at the Lake George-Lake Champlain portage in New York; site of the 1758 Battle of Carillon, captured by Amherst in 1759, by Allen and Arnold in 1775, now a museum.
Fort Union Formation
The Fort Union Formation is a coal-bearing Paleocene rock unit underlying parts of Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota, named in 1862 near Buford, North Dakota.
Fort Union National Monument
Fort Union National Monument, in Mora County, New Mexico, preserves three successive army forts (1851-1891) guarding the Santa Fe Trail, including the West's sole surviving earthen star fort and the largest visible Santa Fe Trail wagon ruts.
Fort Wadsworth
Fort Wadsworth is a former US Army coastal defense installation on the northeastern shore of Staten Island, guarding the Narrows of New York Harbor since the 1770s.
Fort Wagner
Fort Wagner, also Battery Wagner, was a Confederate earthwork on Morris Island guarding Charleston Harbor. Built 1862, it repulsed Union assaults on July 11 and July 18, 1863, the latter led by the 54th Massachusetts with Colonel Shaw killed, before falling to siege in September 1863.
Fort Wainwright
Fort Wainwright is a US Army installation near Fairbanks, Alaska, formerly Ladd Field and Ladd Air Force Base, a WWII cold-weather test station and Lend-Lease aircraft transfer point, renamed in 1961 for General Jonathan M. Wainwright.
Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Fort Walton Beach is a city in Okaloosa County, Florida, population 20,922 (2020), incorporated 1941, whose growth centered on neighboring Eglin Air Force Base and Gulf Coast tourism.
Fort Wayne Children's Zoo
Fort Wayne Children's Zoo (Fort Wayne Zoo since January 1, 2025), AZA-accredited zoo in Franke Park, Fort Wayne, Indiana; opened July 3, 1965 on 5.5 acres, now 47 acres with about 1,500 animals, self-funded by admissions and donations.
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne, Indiana: second-largest Indiana city at the confluence of the St. Marys, St. Joseph, and Maumee rivers; founded 1794, population about 273,000, manufacturing- and healthcare-driven economy with below-average living costs.
Fort Wetherill
Fort Wetherill is a former U.S. coastal defense fort on Conanicut Island, Jamestown, Rhode Island, now a 61.5-acre state park on granite cliffs overlooking Narragansett Bay, popular for scuba diving and harbor views.
Fort William College
Fort William College (फोर्ट विलियम कॉलेज) was a Calcutta academy founded in 1800 by Richard Wellesley to train East India Company civil servants in Indian languages; it was abolished in 1854.
Fort William F.C.
Fort William F.C., Scottish club founded 1974, plays at Claggan Park in the North Caledonian League after 37 Highland League seasons ended in 2022 relegation following winless 2017-18 and 2018-19 campaigns.
Fort William, Scotland
Fort William (An Gearasdan, "the garrison") is a Highland town at Loch Linnhe, named for a fort built by Monck in the 1650s and rebuilt in stone by MacKay in 1690; base for Ben Nevis and the West Highland Way.
Fort William, West Bengal
Fort William (Vijay Durg since 2025), Kolkata, West Bengal: East India Company fortress, old fort built 1696, captured by Siraj-ud-Daulah in 1756, new star fort completed 1773, now Indian Army Eastern Command headquarters.
Fort Worth Independent School District
The Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD) is a large public school district serving Fort Worth, Texas, created in 1925 and under state control since 2025.
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth, Texas: major North Central Texas city on the Trinity River, founded 1849 as an army fort, known as Cowtown; 10th largest US city with 1,028,117 residents (2025 estimate), economy led by aviation, defense, and transportation.
Fort Yellowstone
Fort Yellowstone, at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park, was the US Army post that headquartered the park's military administration from 1886 to 1918; it is now a National Historic Landmark District and park headquarters.
Fort York Armoury and Barracks
Fort York Armoury and Barracks is a military complex in Toronto, comprising the War of 1812-era Fort York and a 1930s armoury still used by the Canadian Armed Forces.
Fort Zeelandia (热兰遮城) (Taiwan)
Fort Zeelandia (熱蘭遮城), also called Anping Old Fort, was the VOC fortress at Anping, Tainan, Taiwan, built 1624–1634, seat of Dutch rule until Koxinga's 1662 conquest.
Fort-de-France
Fort-de-France, formerly Fort-Royal, is the capital and largest city of Martinique, France. Capital since 1692, dominant after Saint-Pierre's 1902 destruction; 75,506 inhabitants in 2023, major Antilles port.
Fortaegis Technologies
Fortaegis Technologies is an Amsterdam-based chip-security startup founded in 2023 by CEO Boudewijn Wijnands, which raised a $50 million Series A in 2026 to commercialize its quantum-safe, silicon-rooted security technology.
Fortaleza
Fortaleza, capital of Ceará, Brazil: coastal metropolis of 2,428,708 residents (2022 census), 4th-largest Brazilian municipality, major tourism hub (4.1 million visitors in 2025), marked by precarious settlements and urban heat island research.
Fortaleza de São José de Macapá
Fortaleza de São José de Macapá is an 18th-century Portuguese fortress on the left bank of the Amazon River in Macapá, Amapá, Brazil, built between 1764 and 1782 under King D. José I.
Fortaleza Esporte Clube
Fortaleza Esporte Clube (Tricolor de Aço, Leão do Pici), Brazilian football club founded 18 October 1918 by Alcides Santos in Fortaleza, Ceará; Série B 2018 champion, three-time Copa do Nordeste winner, SAF since 2023, plays at Arena Castelão.
Fortanix
Fortanix is a data security company based in Mountain View, California, founded in 2016 by Ambuj Kumar and Anand Kashyap, known as a pioneer of confidential computing.
Forte Tiburtina
Forte Tiburtina (Forte Tiburtino), a Rome fortress built 1880–1884 on Via Tiburtina 780 as part of the Campo Trincerato's 15-fort ring; 23.8 ha, trapezoid plan, now hidden inside the Italian Army's Caserma Albanese Ruffo, decommissioned 1980.