Worcester, Massachusetts

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city municipality

Worcester, Massachusetts is a major city in central Massachusetts known as a historic industrial and educational hub often called the "Heart of the Commonwealth."

Aliases (5)

Worcester ×10
Worcester metropolitan area ×4
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States ×3
City of Worcester ×1
City of Worcester, Massachusetts ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → municipality →
averageSummerWeather	warm, humid summers →
averageWinterWeather	cold and snowy winters →
climate	humid continental climate →
country	United States of America →
county	Worcester County, Massachusetts →
demographics	ethnically and culturally diverse population →
distanceToBoston	approximately 40 miles west of Boston →
foundedIn	1722 →
governingBody	Worcester City Council →
governmentType	council–manager government →
hasCulturalInstitution	Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts → Mechanics Hall → Worcester Art Museum →
hasLandmark	Bancroft Tower → Green Hill Park → Union Station →
hasMedicalSchool	University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School →
hasMinorLeagueBaseballTeamOfLevel	Triple-A →
hasRailService	Amtrak Lake Shore Limited → MBTA Commuter Rail →
hasSportsTeam	Worcester Red Sox →
hasUniversity	Assumption University → Clark University → College of the Holy Cross → Worcester Polytechnic Institute → Worcester State University →
historicalRole	major 19th-century manufacturing center → regional transportation hub in New England →
incorporatedAsCityIn	1848 →
incorporatedAsTownIn	1722 →
isCountySeatOf	Worcester County, Massachusetts →
knownFor	diverse immigrant communities → higher education institutions → industrial history → medical and biotechnology sector →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
namedAfter	Worcester, England →
nickname	Heart of the Commonwealth →
playsHomeGamesAt	Polar Park →
population	over 200000 →
rankByPopulationInNewEngland	second-largest city in New England →
region	Central Massachusetts →
servedByAirport	Worcester Regional Airport →
state	Massachusetts →
traversedBy	Interstate 290 → Interstate 90 → Route 146 →

Referenced by (52)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
College of the Holy Cross athletics program → College of the Holy Cross campus → Crusaders → St. John’s Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts → Worcester Polytechnic Institute → Worcester campus →	locatedIn
College of the Holy Cross ("Worcester") → College of the Holy Cross campus ("Worcester") → WPI Engineers → Worcester campus →	city
Massachusetts → Worcester County, Massachusetts ("City of Worcester, Massachusetts") → Worcester County, Massachusetts ("Worcester metropolitan area") →	contains
Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team → Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball ("Worcester") → WPI Engineers ("Worcester") →	homeCity
George Bancroft ("Worcester, Massachusetts, United States") → Ronald Dworkin ("Worcester, Massachusetts, United States") → Wallace Harrison →	placeOfBirth
Central Massachusetts ("Worcester") → Massachusetts ("Worcester") →	containsCity
Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team → Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball →	location
Fitchburg ("Worcester metropolitan area") → Leominster, Massachusetts ("Worcester metropolitan area") →	partOfMetropolitanArea
Massachusetts Route 9 → Massachusetts Turnpike →	passesThrough
Bill Carmody → Jack Barry →	workLocation
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts →	adjacentTo
Robert H. Goddard ("Worcester, Massachusetts, United States") →	birthPlace
Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team →	campusCity
Massachusetts Turnpike →	connects
Interstate 190 in Leominster, Massachusetts →	connectsTo
Worcester County, Massachusetts →	countySeat
Massachusetts 2nd congressional district →	hasCity
Central Massachusetts ("Worcester") →	hasLargestCity
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts →	hasLocation
Massachusetts 2nd congressional district →	hasRepresentativeResidence
Mount Wachusett ("Worcester") →	hasViewOf
Eastern Massachusetts ("Worcester") →	includesCity
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts ("Worcester metropolitan area") →	isPartOfMetropolitanArea
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts →	isSuburbOf
Worcester County, Massachusetts →	largestCity
Ashland, Massachusetts →	locatedBetween
Princeton, Massachusetts →	locatedNorthwestOf
New England ("Worcester") →	majorCity
Princeton, Massachusetts →	nearestCity
Leominster, Massachusetts →	nearestCountySeat
Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester →	seeCity
Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester ("City of Worcester") →	territoryIncludes
Lake Shore Limited →	via