Worcester Massachusetts developed as an industrial city in the 19th century due to the Blackstone Canal and rail transport, producing machinery, textiles and wire.
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35 Facts About Worcester Massachusetts
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Architecturally, Worcester Massachusetts is notable for its large number of 19th century triple-decker houses, Victorian-era mill architecture, and lunch car diners such as Miss Worcester Massachusetts.
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Finally, in 1713, Worcester Massachusetts was permanently resettled for a third and final time by Jonas Rice.
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Worcester Massachusetts was officially chartered as a city on February 29, 1848.
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Worcester Massachusetts would become the largest wire manufacturing in the country and Washburn became one of the leading industrial and philanthropic figures in the city.
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Worcester Massachusetts felt the national trends of movement away from historic urban centers.
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Worcester Massachusetts is bordered by the towns of Auburn, Grafton, Holden, Leicester, Millbury, Paxton, Shrewsbury, and West Boylston.
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Worcester Massachusetts is the beginning of the Blackstone Valley that frames the river.
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However, Worcester Massachusetts has more than seven hills including Indian Hill, Newton Hill, Poet's Hill, and Wigwam Hill.
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Worcester Massachusetts has many ponds and two prominent lakes: Indian Lake and Lake Quinsigamond.
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Lake Quinsigamond stretches four miles across the Worcester Massachusetts and Shrewsbury border and is a very popular competitive rowing and boating destination.
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Worcester Massachusetts is known for its diversity and large immigrant population, with significant communities of Vietnamese, Brazilians, Albanians, Puerto Ricans, Ghanaians, Dominicans, and others.
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Worcester Massachusetts is home to the largest concentration of digital gaming students in the United States.
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In October 2013, Worcester Massachusetts was found to be the number five city for investing in a rental property.
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In 2014, Worcester Massachusetts Tech's graduating class was honored by having President Barack Obama as the speaker at their graduation ceremony.
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Twenty-one private and parochial schools are found throughout Worcester Massachusetts, including the city's oldest educational institution, Worcester Massachusetts Academy, founded in 1834, and Bancroft School, founded in 1900.
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Worcester Massachusetts is the home of Dynamy, a "residential internship program" in the United States.
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Much of Worcester Massachusetts's culture is synonymous with broader New England culture.
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Worcester Massachusetts has many traditionally ethnic neighborhoods, including Quinsigamond Village, Shrewsbury Street (Italian), Kelley Square (Irish and Polish), Vernon Hill (Lithuanian), Union Hill (Jewish), and Main South (Puerto Rican, Dominican, and Vietnamese).
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Worcester Massachusetts is famously the former home of the Worcester Massachusetts Lunch Car Company.
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Worcester Massachusetts began in 1906 and built many famous lunch car diners in New England.
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Worcester Massachusetts is home to many classic lunch car diners including Boulevard Diner, Corner Lunch, Chadwick Square Diner, and Miss Worcester Massachusetts Diner.
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Worcester Massachusetts is the state's largest center for the arts outside of Boston.
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From 1931 to 2013, Worcester Massachusetts was home to the Higgins Armory Museum, which was the sole museum dedicated to arms and armor in the country.
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Since 2021, Worcester Massachusetts has been the home of the Worcester Massachusetts Red Sox, the Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox.
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City's former professional baseball team, the Worcester Massachusetts Tornadoes, started in 2005 and was a member of the Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball League.
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The Worcester Massachusetts Bravehearts began play in 2014 as the local affiliate of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League, and won the league championship in their inaugural season.
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The Worcester Massachusetts County Wildcats, part of the New England Football League, is a semi-pro football team, and play at Commerce Bank Field at Foley Stadium.
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Worcester Massachusetts's colleges have long histories and many notable achievements in collegiate sports.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester Massachusetts was canonically erected on January 14, 1950, by Pope Pius XII.
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Worcester Massachusetts is home to a dedicated Jewish population who attend five synagogues, including Reform congregation Temple Emanuel Sinai, Congregation Beth Israel, a Conservative synagogue founded in 1924, and Orthodox Congregation Tifereth Israel – Sons of Jacob, home of Yeshiva Achei Tmimim Academy.
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Worcester Massachusetts is home to America's largest community of Mandaeans, numbering around 2, 500.
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Worcester Massachusetts is the headquarters of the Providence and Worcester Massachusetts, a Class II railroad operating throughout much of southern New England.
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Worcester Massachusetts is served by OurBus, Peter Pan Bus Lines and Greyhound Bus Lines, which operate out of Union Station.
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