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Fort Pierce, Florida
Fort Pierce, Florida (the Sunrise City), county seat of St. Lucie County on the Treasure Coast; incorporated 1901, named for an 1838 Seminole War fort; 2020 population 47,297, deepwater port, Indian River Lagoon setting.
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Fort Smith, Arkansas: the state's third-largest city (90,855 in 2025) at the Arkansas-Poteau river confluence, home of two 19th-century frontier forts, Judge Parker's federal court, and the Fort Smith National Historic Site.
Fort St. John, British Columbia
Fort St. John, British Columbia: the "Energetic City," a Peace River regional hub of 21,465 (2021), oldest non-First Nations settlement on the BC mainland, oil-and-gas and agricultural center on the Alaska Highway.
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, 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 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 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-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.
Foshan (佛山)
Foshan (佛山) is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong, China, at the heart of the Pearl River Delta, bordering Guangzhou, with a 1.32 trillion yuan economy in 2025.
Foster City, California
Foster City, California: planned San Mateo County city incorporated April 27, 1971, built on filled Brewers Island with sand from San Bruno Shoal; lagoon system, levee project, 2020 population 33,805.
Fougères
Fougères, a commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France, is a medieval frontier town of about 20,300 people, dominated by the Château de Fougères, one of Europe's largest preserved medieval fortresses, and formerly the French shoe capital.
Founding of Montevideo
The founding of Montevideo was the Spanish colonial process by which Bruno Mauricio de Zabala established the city between 1724 and 1730, after expelling a Portuguese force from Montevideo Bay.
Founding of Rio de Janeiro
The founding of Rio de Janeiro was the establishment of the city by the Portuguese captain Estácio de Sá on 1 March 1565, after expelling a French colony.
Fox-Amphoux
Fox-Amphoux (Fos Amfos) is a perched Provencal commune in the Var, France, at 540 m; known for the Gallo-Roman Clastre temple with a colossal Minerva statue, Late Cretaceous dinosaur fossils, and a cave chapel of Notre-Dame de Bon-Secours.
Foxborough, Massachusetts
Foxborough (also Foxboro) is a Norfolk County, Massachusetts town incorporated June 10, 1778 and named for Charles James Fox; home of Gillette Stadium, the New England Patriots, and seven 2026 World Cup matches.
Foz do Iguaçu
Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil: Triple Frontier city founded 10 June 1914 as Vila Iguassú, gateway to Iguaçu Falls (UNESCO 1986) and Itaipu dam; 285,415 residents (2022 census).
Framingham, Massachusetts
Framingham, Massachusetts, is a city of about 72,000 in Middlesex County, about 20 miles west of Boston, incorporated as a town in 1700 and as a city in 2018.
Framlingham
Framlingham, Suffolk: an Anglo-Saxon-origin market town in East Suffolk, England, known for Framlingham Castle where Mary Tudor was proclaimed Queen in 1553, its mere, schools, and Ed Sheeran connections.
Franclens
Franclens is a French commune in the department of Haute-Savoie on the plateau de la Semine, known for underground quarries that supplied Roman Lyon with white building stone.
Frankenmuth, Michigan
Frankenmuth, Michigan, or Michigan's Little Bavaria, is a Saginaw County city founded in 1845 as a Franconian Lutheran mission colony by August Craemer under Wilhelm Loehe; about 5,000 residents, 3 million annual visitors, Bavarian-themed tourism.
Frankfort, Kentucky
Frankfort, Kentucky: state capital and Franklin County seat on the Kentucky River, founded 1786, named for Stephen Frank's ford. Population 28,602 (2020); government and bourbon distilling anchor its economy.
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main, German city on the Main river in Hesse; first recorded as Franconofurd in 794, a free imperial city until 1866, now Germany's financial center with the ECB, Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Messe Frankfurt, and 781,337 residents (end 2025).
Frankfurt (Oder)
Frankfurt (Oder), a kreisfreie city in Brandenburg on the German-Polish border, founded 1253, forms a twin city with Słubice across the Oder; population fell from 86,131 (1990) to about 56,600 (2025); home to Europa-Universität Viadrina.
Franklin, Tennessee
Franklin is a city in Middle Tennessee and the county seat of Williamson County, about 15 miles south of Nashville, founded in 1799 and named for Benjamin Franklin.
Frederick, Maryland
Frederick, Maryland: county seat of Frederick County, founded 1745 by Daniel Dulany the Elder, incorporated 1817, mayor-council government, population about 92,000 (2025 estimate), home to Fort Detrick, a National Register historic district, and MARC rail service to Washington.
Fredericksburg, Texas
Fredericksburg, Texas (Friedrichsburg): Gillespie County seat in the Texas Hill Country, founded May 8, 1846 by German Adelsverein settlers; German heritage town, wine and tourism hub with $175M visitor spending in 2024.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Fredericksburg, Virginia: independent city on the Rappahannock River, founded 1728, incorporated 1781/1879, council-manager government, population about 30,400 (2025), Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg site.
Fredericton
Fredericton, capital of New Brunswick, Canada, on the Wolastoq (Saint John River); founded as Frederick's Town in 1785 by Loyalists, incorporated 1848, population about 79,000 in 2025.
Frederiksberg, Capital Region
Frederiksberg Kommune, an independent Danish municipality in the Capital Region, an enclave surrounded by Copenhagen Municipality. 106,150 residents on 8.7 km2, Denmark's smallest and most densely populated municipality, independent since 1858.
Fredrikstad
Fredrikstad is a city and municipality in Østfold, Norway, at the mouth of the river Glomma. Founded 12 September 1567 by Frederik II after Sarpsborg burned; 86,243 inhabitants on 1 January 2026, tenth-largest Norwegian municipality.