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Worcester

Massachusetts, United States

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Worcester, city, seat of Worcester county, central Massachusetts, U.S., on the Blackstone River, about midway between Boston and Springfield. A major commercial and industrial centre and the state’s second largest city, it is the hub of an urbanized area composed of a number of towns (townships), including Holden, Shrewsbury, Boylston, Millbury, Auburn, and Leicester. The original settlement (1673) was disbanded during King Philip’s War (1675–76), and permanent settlement was not realized until 1713. The community was incorporated as a town in 1722 and named for Worcester, England. Textile manufacturing began in 1789, and the first corduroy cloth in the United ...(100 of 363 words)

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