The phrase "area was founded" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the establishment or creation of a specific geographical or administrative area, such as a city, region, or organization.
Example: "The area was founded in the early 1800s as a trading post for local merchants."
Alternatives: "region was established" or "location was created".
The area was founded on the site of a Chumash Indian village and designated a Spanish rancho in 1795.
Attributor, based in the San Francisco area, was founded last year by Jim Brock and Jim Pitkow, veteran executives of technology companies.
The Mammoth Mountain Ski Area was founded by Dave McCoy, who began about 60 years ago with little more than a portable rope tow powered by a Model A Ford engine.
The first monastery in the Rebkong area was founded at the start of the 14th century, when the Mongols ruled China and turned to Tibetan religious leaders to guide their practice of Buddhism.
The city, in a longleaf-pine forest area, was founded in 1882 by Captain William H. Hardy, lumberman and engineer, who named it for his wife (it was previously known as Twin Forks and Gordonville).
The church next to the gate, Santa Maria del Popolo, which stood for centuries before the piazza existed and gives its name to the area, was founded in 1227 to replace a 1099 chapel built over what was presumed to be the emperor Nero's tomb.
Similar to the deep sediments, the seismic velocities of shallow soil layers, upon which most of the buildings in the area are founded, are little known.
It's no secret that most young companies in the high-tech area were founded by highly skilled international students who had studied at top U.S. schools and wound up staying here.
It's no secret that most young companies in the high-tech area were founded by highly skilled international students who had studied at top U.S. schools and wound up staying.
About 65% of the dam's foundation area is founded on quartzite and phyllite bedrock.
The startup, whose mouthful-of-a-name is a reference to "dangerous and unexplored areas," was founded in 2014 as the sister company of VR content platform Vrse, now Within.
