Leominster, Massachusetts

Leominster, Massachusetts
Leominster, Massachusetts
City
	Downtown Leominster
	Nickname(s): Pioneer Plastics City; The Birthplace of Johnny Appleseed
	Motto(s): We Must, We Can and We Will Be Free.
	Location in Worcester County and the state of Massachusetts
	Leominster, Massachusetts Location in the United States
	Coordinates: 42°31′30″N 71°45′37″W / 42.52500°N 71.76028°WCoordinates: 42°31′30″N 71°45′37″W / 42.52500°N 71.76028°W
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
County	Worcester
Settled	1640
Incorporated	Jun 23, 1740 (T); Nov 2, 1915 (C);
Government
• Type	Mayor-council city
• Mayor	Dean J. Mazzarella
• City Council	Susan A. Chalifoux Zephir; John Dombrowski; Thomas F. Ardinger; Claire M. Freda; Gail P. Feckley (Ward 1); Pauline M. Cormier (Ward 2); David R. Cormier (Ward 3); Mark C. Bodanza (Ward 4); Richard M. Marchand (Ward 5)
• School Committee	Dean J. Mazzerella; Brandon L. Robbins; Melissa Bible; Suzanne Koehler; Michael Stassen (Ward 1); Ronald Houle (Ward 2); Isabelle Alera (Ward 3); Peter Haigis (Ward 4); Eileen Griffin (Ward 5)
Area
• Total	29.68 sq mi (76.88 km2)
• Land	28.82 sq mi (74.65 km2)
• Water	0.86 sq mi (2.22 km2)
Elevation	400 ft (123 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	40,759
• Estimate (2019)	41,716
• Density	1,447.32/sq mi (558.81/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (Eastern)
ZIP Code	01453
Area code(s)	508/978
FIPS code	25-35075
GNIS feature ID	0617697
Website	www.leominster-ma.gov

Leominster is a city in Worcester County, Massachusetts in the United States. It is the second-largest city in Worcester County.

Notes[change | change source]

↑ For examples of Leominster's early plastics industry, see Viscoloid, Foster Grant, Don Featherstone (artist), as well as the article for plastic flamingos.

References[change | change source]

↑ Pan Am's World, the USA: everything you need to know about 50 great States. Pan American World Airways. 1975. p. 46.
↑ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
↑ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau. May 24, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.

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[1] For examples of Leominster's early plastics industry, see Viscoloid, Foster Grant, Don Featherstone (artist), as well as the article for plastic flamingos.

[2] Pan Am's World, the USA: everything you need to know about 50 great States. Pan American World Airways. 1975. p. 46.

[CenPopGazetteer2019-3] "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 25, 2020.

[USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse-4] "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau. May 24, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
County seat: Worcester
Cities	Fitchburg Gardner Leominster Southbridge Worcester
Towns	Ashburnham Athol Auburn Barre Berlin Blackstone Bolton Boylston Brookfield Charlton Clinton Douglas Dudley East Brookfield Grafton Hardwick Harvard Holden Hopedale Hubbardston Lancaster Leicester Lunenburg Mendon Milford Millbury Millville New Braintree North Brookfield Northborough Northbridge Oakham Oxford Paxton Petersham Phillipston Princeton Royalston Rutland Shrewsbury Southborough Spencer Sterling Sturbridge Sutton Templeton Upton Uxbridge Warren Webster West Boylston West Brookfield Westborough Westminster Winchendon
CDPs	Athol (CDP) Baldwinville Barre (CDP) Brookfield (CDP) Clinton (CDP) Cordaville Devens‡ East Brookfield (CDP) East Douglas Fiskdale Hopedale (CDP) Lunenburg (CDP) Milford (CDP) North Brookfield (CDP) Northborough (CDP) Oxford (CDP) Petersham (CDP) Rutland (CDP) South Ashburnham South Lancaster Spencer (CDP) Sturbridge (CDP) Upton Warren (CDP) Webster (CDP) West Brookfield (CDP) West Warren Westborough (CDP) Whitinsville Winchendon (CDP)
Other villages	Gilbertville Ironstone Linwood North Uxbridge Old Furnace Still River Union Chapel Wheelockville Wheelwright
Ghost town	Dana
Indian reservations	Chaubunagungamaug Reservation Hassanamisco Reservation
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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Cities	Agawam Amesbury Attleboro Barnstable Beverly Boston Braintree Bridgewater Brockton Cambridge Chelsea Chicopee East Longmeadow Easthampton Everett Fall River Fitchburg Framingham Franklin Gardner Gloucester Greenfield Haverhill Holyoke Lawrence Leominster Lowell Lynn Malden Marlborough Medford Melrose Methuen New Bedford Newburyport Newton North Adams Northampton Palmer Peabody Pittsfield Quincy Randolph Revere Salem Somerville Southbridge Springfield Taunton Waltham Watertown Westfield West Springfield Weymouth Winthrop Woburn Worcester Note: Municipalities not listed have a town meeting form of government (see all municipalities)