Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Worcester
- Type
- Open town meeting
- Town administrator
- Shaun A. Suhoski
- Total
- 33.4 sq mi (86.5 km )
- Land
- 32.6 sq mi (84.4 km )
- Water
- 0.81 sq mi (2.1 km )
- Elevation
- 545 ft (166 m)
- Density
- 371/sq mi (143/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( Eastern )
- Zip codes
- 01331 (Athol) 01368 ( Royalston )
- Area code
- 351 / 978
- Fips code
- 25-02480
- Gnis feature id
- 0619473
- Website
- www .athol-ma .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Atholl
- Official name
- Athol
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Worcester County
- Population
- 11945
- Area
- 33.4
- Elevation
- 166
- Time zone
- Q5390
- Official website
- www.athol-ma.gov
- Image
- Main Street, Athol MA.jpg
- Households
- 4578
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- Commons category
- Athol, Massachusetts
- topic's main category
- Category:Athol, Massachusetts
- inception
- 1735-00-00
- postal code
- 01331
- per capita income
- 28717
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Athol (/ˈæθɒl/, ATH-awl) is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,945 at the 2020 census. It contains the census-designated place of the same name.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Athol” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.