Leicester

town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
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Leicester

Summary

Leicester is a New England town[1]. Leicester draws 219 Wikipedia views per month (new_england_town category, ranking #104 of 511).[2]

Key Facts

  • Leicester is located in Worcester County[3].
  • Leicester is in the country of United States[4].
  • Leicester's instance of is recorded as New England town[5].
  • Leicester's shares border with is recorded as Worcester[6].
  • Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester is named after Leicester[7].
  • Leicester's postal code is recorded as 01524[8].
  • Leicester's postal code is recorded as 01542[9].
  • Leicester's postal code is recorded as 01611[10].
  • Leicester is part of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 17th Worcester district[11].
  • Leicester is part of Massachusetts Senate's Second Worcester district[12].
  • Leicester's Commons category is recorded as Leicester, Massachusetts[13].
  • 1713 marks the founding of Leicester[14].
  • Leicester's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.245833333333, 'lon': -71.909166666667}[15].
  • Leicester's official website is recorded as http://www.leicesterma.org/[16].
  • Leicester's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Leicester, Massachusetts[17].
  • Leicester has a population of {'amount': '+10970'}[18].
  • Leicester has a population of {'amount': '+11087'}[19].
  • Leicester's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Leicester'}[20].
  • Leicester's category for people born here is recorded as Q106960856[21].
  • Leicester's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+4068'}[22].
  • Leicester sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+308'}[23].
  • Leicester covers an area of {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+24.7'}[24].
  • Leicester's located in the statistical territorial entity is recorded as Worcester metropolitan NECTA[25].
  • Leicester's per capita income is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+37640'}[26].

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Geography

Leicester is in the country of United States[4]. Leicester is located in Worcester County[3]. Part of include Massachusetts House of Representatives' 17th Worcester district[11], a Massachusetts House of Representatives electoral district[27], in United States[28] and Massachusetts Senate's Second Worcester district[12], a Massachusetts Senate electoral district[29], in United States[30].

Physical Characteristics

Leicester covers an area of {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+24.7'}[24]. Leicester sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+308'}[23]. Population counts include {'amount': '+10970'}[18] and {'amount': '+11087'}[19].

Designation and Status

Leicester's instance of is recorded as New England town[5].

History and Context

1713 marks the founding of Leicester[14]. Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester is named after Leicester[7].

Why It Matters

Leicester draws 219 Wikipedia views per month (new_england_town category, ranking #104 of 511).[2] Leicester has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Leicester is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . malegislature.gov. Retrieved . malegislature.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved . sec.state.ma.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · PeterCooperJr · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 17th Worcester district, Massachusetts Senate's Second Worcester district
    Website
    Located in
    Inception +1713-00-00T00:00:00Z
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P443]]: En-us-Leicester.oga"
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