Lancaster
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town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Worcester
- Type
- Open town meeting
- Town administrator
- Kate Hodges
- Board of selectmen
- Jason Allison, Stephen J. Kerrigan , Chair, Alix W Turner
- Total
- 28.2 sq mi (73.0 km )
- Land
- 27.7 sq mi (71.8 km )
- Water
- 0.50 sq mi (1.3 km )
- Elevation
- 299 ft (91 m)
- Density
- 304/sq mi (118/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( Eastern )
- Zip codes
- 01523 (Lancaster) 01561 ( South Lancaster )
- Area code
- 351 / 978
- Fips code
- 25-34165
- Gnis feature id
- 0618368
- Website
- ci .lancaster .ma .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Lancaster
- Official name
- Lancaster
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Worcester County
- Population
- 8441
- Area
- 28.2
- Elevation
- 91
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Sterling
- Official website
- www.ci.lancaster.ma.us
- Image
- Bullfinch Church Lancaster.jpg
- Households
- 2700
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- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- Commons category
- Lancaster, Massachusetts
- topic's main category
- Category:Lancaster, Massachusetts
- postal code
- 01523
- inception
- 1643-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lancaster, Massachusetts
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Lancaster, Massachusetts
- per capita income
- 38661
- P8168
- Alte Weser
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Encyclopedic overview
Lancaster is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Incorporated in 1653, Lancaster is the oldest town in Worcester County. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 8,441. It contains the village of South Lancaster.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lancaster” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.