Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester, Massachusetts
City
Downtown Worcester
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Nickname(s):  The City of the Seven Hills, The Heart of the Commonwealth, Wormtown, Woo-town, The Woo
Location within Worcester County
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Coordinates: 42°16′17″N 71°47′56″W
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
County	Worcester
Region	New England
Historic colonies	Massachusetts Bay Colony Dominion of New England Province of Massachusetts Bay
Settled	1673
Incorporated as a town	June 14, 1722
Incorporated as a city	February 29, 1848
Named for	Worcester, Worcestershire
Government
• Type	Council–manager
Area [1]
• City	38.44 sq mi (99.57 km^2)
• Land	37.36 sq mi (96.76 km^2)
• Water	1.08 sq mi (2.81 km^2)
Elevation	480 ft (146 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• City	206,518 (US: 114th)
• Density	5,527.78/sq mi (2,134.27/km^2)
• Urban	482,085 (US: 87th)
• Urban density	1,852.1/sq mi (715.1/km^2)
• Metro	862,111 (US: US: 69th)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (Eastern)
ZIP Codes	01601–01610, 01612–01615, 01653–01655
Area code	508 / 774
FIPS code	25-82000
GNIS feature ID	0617867
Website	www.worcesterma.gov

Worcester is a city of Worcester County in the state of Massachusetts in the United States. It is the county seat of Worcester County. About 206,000 people were living in Worcester as of 2020.

Worcester is 40 miles from Boston, Massachusetts and 40 miles from Springfield, Massachusetts—right in the middle.

In 1774, the first public reading of the United States Declaration of Independence in New England took place in Worcester.

Sister cities

• Worcester, England (1998)
• Piraeus, Greece (2005)
• Pushkin, Russia (1987)
• Afula, Israel

References

1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
2. "QuickFacts: Worcester city, Massachusetts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 5, 2024.

Other websites

• Worcester official website