However, some of Fuchu are derived from the fact that they were where those shugosho (the site for provincial administration during the Kamakura and Muromachi Period) were located.
ただし、府中の中には、守護所（鎌倉時代・室町時代の守護または守護代が統治の本拠とした場所）が置かれたことに由来するものもある。