Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Worcester
- Type
- Open town meeting
- Total
- 68.3 sq mi (176.9 km )
- Land
- 54.2 sq mi (140.5 km )
- Water
- 14.1 sq mi (36.4 km )
- Elevation
- 1,079 ft (329 m)
- Density
- 22.01/sq mi (8.498/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( Eastern )
- Zip code
- 01366
- Area code
- 351 / 978
- Fips code
- 25-53120
- Gnis feature id
- 0619486
- Website
- townofpetersham .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Petersham /ˈpiːtərsæm/ is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,194 at the 2020 census. Petersham is home to a considerable amount of conservation land, including the Quabbin Reservation, Harvard Forest, the Swift River Reservation, and Federated Women's Club State Forest.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Petersham” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.