Westborough
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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 manager
- Kristi Williams
- Total
- 21.6 sq mi (56.0 km )
- Land
- 20.5 sq mi (53.1 km )
- Water
- 1.1 sq mi (2.8 km )
- Elevation
- 299 ft (91 m)
- Density
- 1,052/sq mi (406.2/km )
- Demonym
- Westboronian
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Zip code
- 01581
- Area code
- 508 / 774
- Fips code
- 25-75015
- Gnis feature id
- 0618390
- Website
- www .westboroughma .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Westborough, MA | Official Website
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Westborough
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Worcester County
- Population
- 21567
- Area
- 21.6
- Elevation
- 91
- Shares border with
- Northborough
- Official website
- www.town.westborough.ma.us
- Image
- Nathan Fisher House, Westborough, Massachusetts.jpg
- Households
- 6961
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- Commons category
- Westborough, Massachusetts
- postal code
- 01581
- inception
- 1675-00-00
- per capita income
- 56632
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Westborough is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 21,567 at the 2020 census, in over 7,000 households. It contains the census-designated place of the same name. Incorporated in 1717, the town is governed under the New England open town meeting system, headed by a five-member elected Board of Selectmen whose duties include licensing, appointing various administrative positions, and calling a town meeting of citizens annually or whenever the need arises.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Westborough” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.