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Welzheim
Welzheim, a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, hosts a major Roman Limes site: the 4.3-hectare Westkastell (Ala I Scubulorum), the Ostkastell (Numerus Britonum), and Kleinkastell Rötelsee, founded around 160/165 AD, with a vicus lasting to about 254/260.
Wenatchee, Washington
Wenatchee, Washington: county seat of Chelan County at the Wenatchee-Columbia river confluence, second largest city in central Washington, the self-proclaimed Apple Capital of the World, platted in 1892 around the Great Northern Railway.
Wenchang
Wenchang (文昌市, Wenchang Shi) is a county-level city in northeastern Hainan, China, home to China's largest coastal space launch site and ancestral home of the Soong family.
Wendens Ambo
Wendens Ambo is a village of about 400 people in Uttlesford, Essex, formed on 23 March 1662 by uniting the Domesday parishes of Great and Little Wenden; the name means "both Wendens".
Wenshan City
Wenshan City (文山市) is a county-level city in southeastern Yunnan, China, and the seat of the Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, known nationally as the "Home of Chinese Sanqi".
Wenzhou (温州)
Wenzhou (温州) is a coastal prefecture-level city in southeastern Zhejiang Province, China, known as the birthplace of China's private economy and a former trading port whose GDP passed 1 trillion yuan in 2025.
Wernigerode
Wernigerode, the "Colorful Town by the Harz" (Die bunte Stadt am Harz), is a Saxony-Anhalt town at the northern edge of the Harz mountains, chartered in 1229, with about 31,800 residents, a hilltop castle, half-timbered old town, and the Harz Narrow-Gauge Railways to the Brocken.
Wesel-Büderich
Wesel-Büderich is a district of Wesel in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the left bank of the Rhine, rebuilt after Napoleon ordered the old town of Büderich demolished in 1813.
West Berlin
West Berlin (West-Berlin): the US, British, and French sectors of divided Berlin, a Western enclave inside East Germany from 1945 to 1990, marked by the 1948–49 Airlift, the 1961 Wall, and Allied special status until reunification.
West Blatchington
West Blatchington, former village north of Hove, East Sussex; site of a Roman basilican villa found 1818, excavated 1947 by Norris and Burstow, with 11 corn-drying ovens; only windmill and St Peter's Church survive.
West Bridgford
West Bridgford is a town on the south bank of the River Trent opposite Nottingham, in Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire. Recorded as Brigeforde in Domesday, it grew from a Musters-family village into an urban district (1894-1974) and county administrative centre.
West Bromwich
West Bromwich: largest town of Sandwell borough in the Black Country, West Midlands; home of West Bromwich Albion (The Hawthorns, the Baggies), a Black Country Strategic Centre, with 36,400 jobs and a 2022 regeneration masterplan.
West Chester, Pennsylvania
West Chester, Pennsylvania: the Chester County seat since 1786, a 1.85-square-mile borough of about 19,600 people near Philadelphia, home to West Chester University and a historic walkable downtown.
West Covina, California
West Covina is a San Gabriel Valley city in Los Angeles County, California, incorporated in 1923 by 507 residents to block Covina's sewage farm; it boomed after World War II and had 109,501 people in 2020.
West Drayton
West Drayton is a town in the London Borough of Hillingdon, west of central London, paired with Yiewsley and served by the Elizabeth line since 2022.
West Hollywood, California
West Hollywood, California: a 1.9-square-mile city incorporated in 1984, first U.S. city with a majority openly gay council; about 35,000 residents, the Sunset Strip, and the planned K Line extension.
West Jordan
West Jordan, Utah: third-largest city in Utah (116,961 in 2020), a Salt Lake County suburb on the west bank of the Jordan River, settled 1849, incorporated 1941/1945, with 4,600 undeveloped acres.
West Lafayette, Indiana
West Lafayette, Indiana: Tippecanoe County city across the Wabash River from Lafayette, home of Purdue University (founded 1869). 2020 population 44,595; renamed from Chauncey in 1888; SK Hynix $3.87 billion plant announced 2024.
West Orange, New Jersey
West Orange, New Jersey is a township in Essex County about 13 miles west of New York City, home to Thomas Edison's laboratory and 48,843 residents in 2020.
West Palm Beach, Florida
West Palm Beach, Florida: county seat and largest city of Palm Beach County, founded 1894 by Henry Flagler as a service town for Palm Beach; population about 127,000, downtown Brightline station, renamed Trump airport, and an active development debate.
West Reading, Pennsylvania
West Reading is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, incorporated March 18, 1907 from Spring and Cumru Townships, laid out in 1873, known for its walkable Penn Avenue Main Street and award-winning revitalization programs.
West Valley City
West Valley City, Utah: the state's second-largest city, incorporated July 1, 1980 from Granger, Hunter, and Redwood; 140,230 residents in 2020; hosted 2002 Olympic hockey at the Maverik Center.
Westernbach
Westernbach is a village in Zweiflingen in the Hohenlohekreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, home to a Roman fort on the Obergermanisch-Raetian Limes, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Westfield, New Jersey
Westfield is a town in Union County, New Jersey, settled in 1720 as the West Fields of Elizabethtown, incorporated as a township in 1794 and a town in 1903; population 31,032 (2020), a wealthy NYC commuter suburb with an award-winning downtown.
Westlake Village, California
Westlake Village is a city in western Los Angeles County, California, incorporated in 1981 from the LA County half of a 1960s American-Hawaiian Steamship master-planned community; population 8,029 (2020), median household income $179,954.
Westlake, Ohio
Westlake, Ohio, a Cuyahoga County suburb of Cleveland founded as Dover Township in 1811, renamed Westlake Village in 1940, a city since 1957; population 34,228 (2020), home to Crocker Park.
Weston-super-Mare
Weston-super-Mare, a Severn Estuary seaside resort in North Somerset, England; Victorian resort grown from the 1841 railway, Grand Pier and Birnbeck Pier, 14 m tidal range, ongoing seafront regeneration.
Weston, Florida
Weston, Florida is a master-planned city in southwestern Broward County, incorporated September 3, 1996 from the Arvida development once named Indian Trace. Population 68,107 (2020); borders the Everglades; median household income $139,825.
Westport, Connecticut
Westport, Connecticut: affluent coastal town in Fairfield County on Long Island Sound, incorporated 1835, population about 28,300, known for the Westport Country Playhouse, Compo Beach, and Metro-North access to New York City.
Westport, New Zealand
Westport (Kawatiri) is a river port town of about 4,300 people at the mouth of the Buller River on New Zealand's West Coast; founded in the 1861 gold rush, built on coal exports, and now rebuilding after the 2021–2022 floods.