Leicester
Leicester is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,087 at the 2020 United States census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Worcester Regional Airport and Quaker Cemetery.
Worcester Regional Airport
Aerodrome
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Worcester Regional Airport is three miles west of Worcester, in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The main property lies within municipalities of Worcester and Leicester, with supporting facilities in Paxton. Worcester Regional Airport is situated 2 miles northeast of Leicester.
Quaker Cemetery
Cemetery
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The Quaker Cemetery is a privately owned cemetery in Leicester, Massachusetts, established in 1740 and located at the site of the old meeting house of the Leicester Friends on Earle Street in the village of Manville.
South High Community School
School
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South High Community School is a high school located in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. South High Community School is situated 2½ miles east of Leicester.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beaver Street Historic District and Spencer.
Beaver Street Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Beaver Street Historic District is a residential historic district in the Main South part of Worcester, Massachusetts. It encompasses a collection of five well preserved Colonial Revival triple-deckers located at 31-39 Beaver Street, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. Beaver Street Historic District is situated 4 miles east of Leicester.
Spencer
Town
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Spencer is a small town in the Worcester Hills of Central Massachusetts near Worcester. As a rural community, there is not much in the way of nightlife but there are many opportunities for outdoor exploration and recreation. Spencer is situated 4½ miles west of Leicester.
Main South
Neighborhood
Main South is a neighborhood in southern Worcester, Massachusetts. The area's eponymous feature is Main Street, the central roadway of the city. Main South experienced rapid economic development from the 1890s until the 1950s. Main South is situated 4½ miles east of Leicester.
Leicester
- Categories: New England town and locality
- Location: Town of Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.2459° or 42° 14′ 45″ northLongitude
-71.90815° or 71° 54′ 29″ westPopulation
11,000Elevation
978 feet (298 metres)United Nations Location Code
US LCMOpen location code
87JC63WR+9POpenStreetMap ID
node 158859946OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Leicester” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Leicester”
- Catalan: “Leicester”
- Cebuano: “Leicester”
- Chechen: “Лестер”
- Chinese: “Leicester”
- Chinese: “莱斯特”
- Chinese: “萊斯特”
- Czech: “Leicester”
- Dutch: “Leicester”
- French: “Leicester”
- German: “Leicester, Massachusetts”
- German: “Leicester”
- Haitian: “Leicester, Massachusetts”
- Haitian: “Leicester”
- Hebrew: “לסטר”
- Hungarian: “Leicester”
- Irish: “Leicester”
- Italian: “Leicester”
- Japanese: “レスター”
- Kazakh: “Лэйсэстэр”
- Kirghiz: “Лэйсэстэр”
- Mazanderani: “لیکستر (ماساچوست)”
- Mazanderani: “لیکستر”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Leicester”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Leicester (Massachusetts)”
- Norwegian: “Leicester”
- Persian: “لیکستر، ماساچوست”
- Persian: “لیکستر”
- Polish: “Leicester”
- Portuguese: “Leicester”
- Russian: “Лестер”
- Slovak: “Leicester”
- Slovenian: “Leicester”
- Spanish: “Leicester (Massachusetts)”
- Spanish: “Leicester”
- Swedish: “Leicester, Massachusetts”
- Swedish: “Leicester”
- Tatar: “Лестер”
- Turkish: “Leicester”
- Ukrainian: “Лестер”
- Urdu: “گرینویل، میساچوسٹس”
- Urdu: “گرینویل”
- Volapük: “Leicester”
- Welsh: “Leicester, Massachusetts”
- Welsh: “Leicester”
- “Leicester, Massachusetts”
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Notable Places Nearby
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