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Worcester

county seat city in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
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Summary

Worcester is a city in the United States[1]. Worcester ranks in the top 0.96% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,064 views/month, #90 of 9,394).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Worcester County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: Joseph Petty[5]
  • Instance of: big city[6], county seat[7]
  • Shares border with: Millbury[8], Auburn[9], Leicester[10], Paxton[11], Holden[12], West Boylston[13], Shrewsbury[14], Grafton[15]
  • Named after: Worcester[16]
  • Twinned administrative body: Piraeus[17], Worcester[18], Afula[19]
  • Postal code: 01601[20], 01602[21], 01603[22], 01604[23], 01605[24], 01606[25], 01607[26], 01608[27], 01609[28], 01610[29], 01613[30], 01614[31], 01615[32], 01653[33]
  • Part of: Massachusetts House of Representatives' 13th Worcester district[34], Massachusetts House of Representatives' 14th Worcester district[35], Massachusetts House of Representatives' 15th Worcester district[36], Massachusetts House of Representatives' 16th Worcester district[37], Massachusetts House of Representatives' 17th Worcester district[38], Massachusetts Senate's First Worcester district[39], Massachusetts Senate's Second Worcester district[40]
  • Commons category: Worcester, Massachusetts[41]
  • Located in time zone: Eastern Time Zone[42]
  • Inception: 1673[43], 1848[44], 1722[45]
  • Official website: https://www.worcesterma.gov/[46]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Worcester, Massachusetts[47]
  • Population: 183,016[48], 181,045[49], 206,518[50]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts[51]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[52], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[53], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[54], The American Cyclopædia[55], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[56], The New Student's Reference Work[57], New International Encyclopedia[58]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Worcester include Worcester County[59], a county of Massachusetts[60], in United States[61], founded in 1731[62].

Why It Matters

Worcester has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] Worcester is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]

Entities named for Worcester include Worcester County[59], a county of Massachusetts[60], in United States[61], founded in 1731[62].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . worcesterma.gov. Retrieved . worcesterma.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  32. [34] ↑ . malegislature.gov. Retrieved . malegislature.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  34. [36] ↑ . malegislature.gov. Retrieved . malegislature.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . malegislature.gov. Retrieved . malegislature.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . malegislature.gov. Retrieved . malegislature.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved . sec.state.ma.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved . sec.state.ma.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  42. [44] ↑ . worcesterma.gov. Retrieved . worcesterma.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . worcesterma.gov. Retrieved . worcesterma.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  47. [49] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [59] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [60] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [61] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [62] ↑ . 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. [63] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [64] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → worcester
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: worcester, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289969074|worcester (#289969074)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  2. 14w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 99800
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14586: 99800, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  3. 18w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.worcesterma.gov/
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in Worcester, Massachusetts
    Population → {'amount': '+183016'}, {'amount': '+181045'}, {'amount': '+206518'}
    Icpsr geographic names thesaurus id → 31067
    + 36 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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