Wellesley
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town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Norfolk
- Type
- Representative town meeting
- Executive director of general government
- Meghan Jop
- Total
- 10.49 sq mi (27.2 km )
- Land
- 10.18 sq mi (26.4 km )
- Water
- 0.31 sq mi (0.80 km )
- Elevation
- 141 ft (43 m)
- Density
- 2,902.75/sq mi (1,120.76/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( Eastern )
- Zip codes
- 02482 (Wellesley) 02481 ( Wellesley Hills ) 02457 (Babson Park)
- Area code
- 339 / 781
- Fips code
- 25-74175
- Gnis feature id
- 0618332
- Website
- wellesleyma .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Wellesley, MA | Official Website
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Wellesley
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Norfolk County
- Population
- 29550
- Area
- 27.247839
- Elevation
- 43
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Natick
- Official website
- www.wellesleyma.gov
- Image
- Wellesley Center, MA.jpg
- Households
- 8326
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- Commons category
- Wellesley, Massachusetts
- topic's main category
- Category:Wellesley, Massachusetts
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Wellesley, Massachusetts
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Wellesley, Massachusetts
- postal code
- 02482
- inception
- 1660-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 4.7827
- per capita income
- 89101
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Lymantria dispar
- P8168
- Steve Borg
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Encyclopedic overview
Wellesley (/ˈwɛlzli/) is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Wellesley is part of the Greater Boston metropolitan area. The population was 29,550 at the time of the 2020 census. Wellesley College, Babson College, and a campus of Massachusetts Bay Community College are located in the town.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wellesley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.