Earthenware pottery fragments from the Kamifukuoka Shell Mound dating to the Early
Jōmon period, were discovered beneath the Dainihon Print Company in Fujimino, indicating a long period of settlement. The city also has an important early
Kofun period archaeological site, the Gongenyama Tumuli Cluster, from the late 3rd century. During the
Edo period, the port of Fukuoka was an important river port on a branch of the
Arakawa River and was under the control of
Kawagoe Domain. The village of Fukuoka was created within Iruma District, Saitama with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. The first
public housing estates (Uenodai and Kasumigaoka) in Japan were built in Fukuoka after the Second World War. The village was raised to town status in 1960 as population expanded rapidly due to
new town developments, and to city status on April 10, 1972, changing its name to Kamifukuoka to avoid confusion with the more famous city of
Fukuoka in
Kyushu. The city of Fujimino was established on October 1, 2005, from the merger of the city of
Kamifukuoka, and the neighboring town of
Ōi (from
Iruma District). ==Government==