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Leominster
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city in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Worcester
- Incorporated
- Jun 23, 1740 (T) Nov 2, 1915 (C)
- Type
- Mayor-council city
- Mayor
- Dean J. Mazzarella
- City council
- Susan A. Chalifoux Zephir Brandon L. Robbins Thomas F. Ardinger Claire M. Freda Eladia Romero (Ward 1) Pauline M. Cormier (Ward 2) David R. Cormier (Ward 3) Mark C. Bodanza (Ward 4) Carrie Noseworthy (Ward 5)
- School committee
- Mayor Dean Mazzerella Gregory K. Thomas Caleb Weldon Salvatore Perla Jennifer Lee Alker (Ward 1) Ronald Houle (Ward 2) Sandra Cucchiara(Ward 3) Joshua Bowdridge (Ward 4) Eileen Griffin (Ward 5)
- Total
- 29.68 sq mi (76.87 km )
- Land
- 28.82 sq mi (74.65 km )
- Water
- 0.86 sq mi (2.22 km )
- Elevation
- 404 ft (123 m)
- Density
- 1,519.0/sq mi (586.49/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( Eastern )
- Zip code
- 01453
- Area code
- 508 / 978
- Fips code
- 25-35075
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Encyclopedic overview
Leominster (/ˈlɛmənstər/ LEM-ən-stər) is a city in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the second-most populous city in Worcester County, with a population of 44,209 at the 2024 census estimate. Leominster is located north of Worcester and northwest of Boston. Both Route 2 and Route 12 pass through Leominster. Interstate 190, Route 13, and Route 117 all have starting/ending points in Leominster. Leominster is bounded by Fitchburg and Lunenburg to the north, Lancaster to the east, Sterling and Princeton to the south, and Westminster to the west.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leominster” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.