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Wexford
Wexford (Loch Garman), county town of County Wexford, Ireland; Viking-founded port town, population 21,524 in 2022, largest town in its county, average age 40.6, Key Town in the Southern Region RSES.
Weybridge
Weybridge, Surrey town in Elmbridge where the River Wey meets the Thames; home of Brooklands, the world's first purpose-built motor racing circuit (1907) and a major British aviation site, first English town wholly lit by electricity (1890).
Weymouth, Dorset
Weymouth, Dorset: seaside town and port at the mouth of the River Wey, formed from medieval Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, united in 1571; resort since George III's 1789 visit, 2012 Olympic sailing venue, population about 52,000.
Whaley Bridge
Whaley Bridge (Weyley) is a small town in High Peak, Derbyshire, known for its 19th-century growth as a canal and railway terminus and its 2019 Toddbrook Reservoir evacuation.
Wheeling, West Virginia
Wheeling, West Virginia: Ohio River city and Ohio County seat, first capital of West Virginia (1863) and western terminus of the 1818 National Road; once the "Nail City," now the state's fifth-largest city with about 25,700 residents.
Whitby
Whitby is a seaside town and port in North Yorkshire, England, at the mouth of the River Esk. Known for Whitby Abbey, the 664 Synod of Whitby, Captain Cook's ships, and Bram Stoker's Dracula; population about 13,000.
White Plains, New York
White Plains, New York: county seat of Westchester County, about 25 miles north of Manhattan. Founded 1683, city since 1916; 2020 population 59,559; site of the 1776 Battle of White Plains and a major Westchester business and retail hub.
White Rock, British Columbia
White Rock, British Columbia: small city (pop. 21,939 in 2021) on Semiahmoo Bay beside Surrey, incorporated 1957, named for a white beach boulder, known for its 470-metre 1914 wooden pier and 2.2-km promenade.
White Settlement, Texas
White Settlement is a city of about 18,000 in Tarrant County, Texas, immediately west of Fort Worth. Named for 1850s frontier farms, incorporated 1941, it grew with Carswell Air Force Base and was briefly called Liberator Village.
Whitefish, Montana
Whitefish, Montana: resort and railroad city in Flathead County near Glacier National Park and Whitefish Mountain Resort; founded 1903 as a Great Northern Railway division point, nicknamed Stumptown, population 9,358 (2025 estimate).
Whitehaven
Whitehaven, Cumbria: a planned Georgian port town founded on coal exports to Ireland, once second only to London in tonnage, now a regeneration focus facing the Bransty Tunnel rail closure and orange harbour water.
Whitehorse
Whitehorse is the capital and largest city of Yukon, Canada, on the Yukon River; also called the Wilderness City. Population about 33,000 city, 38,490 area (2025); capital since 1953; economy led by public administration.
Whitstable
Whitstable, Kent seaside town (Domesday Witenestaple), famous for oysters, the 1830 Crab and Winkle railway, Invicta locomotive, Deane brothers diving, working harbour, and the annual Oyster Festival.
Whittier, Alaska
Whittier, Alaska: a small city on Passage Canal in Prince William Sound, 60 miles southeast of Anchorage, founded as a secret WWII U.S. Army port in 1941-1943, reached through the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel, with most residents living in Begich Towers.
Whittier, California
Whittier, California: charter city in Los Angeles County about 12 miles southeast of Los Angeles, incorporated 1898, founded by Quakers and named for poet John Greenleaf Whittier; about 87,000 residents.
Wichita
Wichita, Kansas: largest city in Kansas and Sedgwick County seat, called the Air Capital of the World for its aircraft industry (Cessna, Beechcraft, Spirit AeroSystems) and formerly Cowtown for its 1870s cattle drives.
Wichita Falls, Texas
Wichita Falls, Texas: county seat of Wichita County in north central Texas, founded 1876, railroad and oil boomtown, home of Sheppard Air Force Base; 2020 population 102,316.
Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden, the Hessian state capital on the Rhine opposite Mainz, grew from the Roman thermal spa Aquae Mattiacorum into a 19th-century world spa city; today around 284,600 inhabitants, ICE rail link, KLIMA_PLAN climate-neutrality program, and World Design Capital 2026.
Wiesbaden-Biebrich
Wiesbaden-Biebrich (Biebrich am Rhein) is Wiesbaden's most populous district, about 37,000 residents. First recorded 874 as villa Biburg; Nassau residence from 1744; industrial town from 1882; incorporated into Wiesbaden 1926.
Wiesbaden-Rentmauer
Wiesbaden-Rentmauer: a Wiesbaden forest district and locality where Roman building remains were found in 1899 and published by Emil Ritterling (1905); also the name of a disputed Celtic or early medieval rampart near Rod an der Weil.
Wigan
Wigan: large town in Greater Manchester, England, historically in Lancashire; Roman settlement Coccium, 1246 charter, major coal ('Coalopolis') and cotton town, home of Wigan Warriors rugby league club and Wigan Athletic, known for pies and Wigan Pier.
Wilhelmshaven
Wilhelmshaven is a seaport city in Lower Saxony, Germany, founded as a Prussian naval base and now the site of Germany's only deep-water container terminal.
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania: Wyoming Valley city on the Susquehanna River, founded 1769 and named for John Wilkes and Isaac Barré; anthracite coal hub, devastated by 1972 Tropical Storm Agnes flooding.
Willemstad
Willemstad is the capital of Curaçao, founded by the Dutch West India Company in 1634 around a natural harbour. Its four historic districts, colorful Dutch colonial architecture, and 1997 UNESCO World Heritage listing distinguish it.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Williamsburg, Virginia, an independent city founded in 1699 as Middle Plantation and Virginia's colonial capital 1699–1780, home of William & Mary and the Colonial Williamsburg living-history museum.
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, is the Lycoming County seat on the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, once the nation's lumber capital and now home of the Little League World Series.
Williston, North Dakota
Williston, North Dakota: Williams County seat in the state's far northwest, founded with the Great Northern Railway in 1887 and transformed by Williston Basin and Bakken oil booms; population grew from 14,716 (2010) to 29,160 (2020).
Wilmette, Illinois
Wilmette is a village in Cook County, Illinois, on the shore of Lake Michigan north of Chicago, one of the North Shore suburbs, named for the Ouilmette family, with a 2020 population of 28,170.
Wilmington, Delaware
Wilmington, Delaware, the state's largest city (70,898 in 2020) and New Castle County seat, founded as Swedish Fort Christina in 1638, chartered 1739, an industrial and du Pont chemical center turned corporate and banking capital.
Wilmington, North Carolina
Wilmington, North Carolina: coastal port city in New Hanover County on the Cape Fear River, eighth largest NC city, population about 126,800 (2025). Known for its Civil War blockade-running port, the 1898 coup, UNCW, and hurricane and flood exposure.