Purgatory Brook

Purgatory Brook is a stream in Worcester, Massachusetts. Purgatory Brook is situated nearby to the hamlet New Village, as well as near the locality Prentice Corner.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Whitinsville Social Library and Whitinsville Christian School.

Whitinsville Christian School is a pre-K-12 Christian day school, one of the oldest in Massachusetts. The school is organized into a preschool, elementary school, a middle school and a high school. Whitinsville Christian School is situated 1½ miles east of Purgatory Brook.

Northbridge High School

School

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Northbridge High School is a public high school in Northbridge, Massachusetts. The school is operated by the Northbridge Public Schools. Northbridge High School is situated 2 miles east of Purgatory Brook.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Northbridge and Linwood.

Northbridge

Town

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Northbridge is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 16,335 at the 2020 census. The Northbridge Town Hall is located at 7 Main Street in Whitinsville. Northbridge is situated 1½ miles east of Purgatory Brook.

Linwood

Village

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Linwood is a village with its own post office in the towns of Northbridge and Uxbridge, Massachusetts, United States. The zip code of the Linwood post office is 01525. Linwood is situated 2 miles southeast of Purgatory Brook.

North Uxbridge

Hamlet

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North Uxbridge is a village and a post office in the town of Uxbridge in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The postal zip code is 01538. It is classified as a community or populated place located at latitude 42.088 and longitude -71.641 and the elevation is 266 feet. North Uxbridge is situated 2½ miles southeast of Purgatory Brook.

Purgatory Brook

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.10982° or 42° 6′ 35″ north

Longitude

-71.68423° or 71° 41′ 3″ west

Elevation

305 feet (93 metres)

Open location code

87JC4858+W8

GeoNames ID

4948144

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