Tomioka

Tomioka is a town placed in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 January 2011, the city had an expected population of 15,839, with 6,293 families. As of December 2014, the town had an legitimate registered populace of 14,141, and a population density of 207 folks in step with km². The total area is 68.47 square kilometres. The vicinity of gift-day Tomioka changed into part of Mutsu Province.

The stays of Kofun period burial mounds have been discovered inside the area. During the Edo duration, it became at the start part of Iwakitaira Domain, but from 1747 changed into divided between Tanagura Domain, Tako Domain and tenryo territory at once below the Tokugawa shogunate. After the Meiji restoration, on April 1, 1889, the village of Tomioka became created within Naraha District, Fukushima, which ultimately became Futaba District in April 1896. Tomioka changed into raised to metropolis reputation on March 1, 1900. It merged with the neighboring town of Futaba on March 31, 1955.