Gloucester

Gloucester is a city in . One of the country's oldest settlements, established in 1623, it serves as America's oldest seaport. Although the sea is contributing less to the city's economy, Gloucester is still a true New England fishing center as immortalized in the movie The Perfect Storm.
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  • Type: City with 29,700 residents
  • Description: city on Cape Ann in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
  • Also known as: “Gloucester Harbor”, “Gloucester, MA”, “Gloucester, Massachusetts”, “The Harbor”, “Wingaersheek”, and “Wonasquam”
  • Postal codes: 01930 and 01931

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gloucester station and Cape Ann Museum.

Railway station
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is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Located off Railroad Avenue and Washington Street in downtown Gloucester, it serves the Rockport branch of the Newburyport/Rockport Line.

Museum
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is an art and historical museum located in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Its collection and programming focuses on the artists and art colonies of , including the Rocky Neck Art Colony and the Folly Cove Designers.

Lighthouse
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The is a historic lighthouse in Gloucester Harbor in Gloucester, Massachusetts. It is located on Ten Pound Island, near the eastern end of the harbor.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dogtown Commons and Central Gloucester Historic District.

Hamlet
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Dogtown is an abandoned inland village in Gloucester on in .

Neighborhood
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The encompasses the historic commercial, civic, and residential core of the fishing community of Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Gloucester

Latitude
42.6154° or 42° 36′ 55″ north
Longitude
-70.6625° or 70° 39′ 45″ west
Population
29,700
Elevation
52 feet (16 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US GLO
Open location code
87JFJ88Q+42
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158872702
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4937829
Wiki­data ID
Q49156
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Satellite Map

Discover Gloucester from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Gloucester” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Gloucester, Massachusetts”
  • Afrikaans: “Gloucester”
  • Arabic: “غلوستر”
  • Armenian: “Գլոստեր”
  • Basque: “Gloucester”
  • Belarusian: “Глостэр”
  • Catalan: “Gloucester”
  • Cebuano: “Gloucester”
  • Chechen: “Глостер”
  • Chinese: “格洛斯特”
  • Czech: “Gloucester”
  • Dagbani: “Gloucester”
  • Danish: “Gloucester”
  • Dutch: “Gloucester”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جلوستر”
  • Esperanto: “Gloucester”
  • Finnish: “Gloucester”
  • French: “Gloucester”
  • Galician: “Gloucester”
  • German: “Gloucester”
  • Gilaki: “گلاستر (ماساچۊست)”
  • Gilaki: “گلاستر”
  • Haitian: “Gloucester, Massachusetts”
  • Haitian: “Gloucester”
  • Hebrew: “גלוסטר”
  • Hungarian: “Gloucester”
  • Irish: “Gloucester”
  • Italian: “Gloucester”
  • Japanese: “グロスター”
  • Japanese: “グロセスター”
  • Kazakh: “Глоусэстэр”
  • Kirghiz: “Глоусэстэр”
  • Korean: “글로스터”
  • Ladin: “Gloucester”
  • Latin: “Glevum”
  • Malagasy: “Gloucester, Massachusetts”
  • Malagasy: “Gloucester”
  • Mazanderani: “گلوکستر (ماساچوست)”
  • Mazanderani: “گلوکستر”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gloucester”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gloucester”
  • Norwegian: “Gloucester”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gloucester”
  • Persian: “گلاستر”
  • Persian: “گلوکستر، ماساچوست”
  • Persian: “گلوکستر”
  • Polish: “Gloucester”
  • Portuguese: “Gloucester”
  • Russian: “Глостер (Массачусетс)”
  • Russian: “Глостер”
  • Scots: “Gloucester”
  • Serbian: “Глостер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gloucester, Massachusetts”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gloucester”
  • Sicilian: “Gloucester”
  • Slovak: “Gloucester”
  • Slovenian: “Gloucester”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قلوکستر، ماساچوست”
  • Spanish: “Gloucester (Massachusetts)”
  • Spanish: “Gloucester”
  • Swahili: “Gloucester, Massachusetts”
  • Swahili: “Gloucester”
  • Swedish: “Gloucester, Massachusetts”
  • Swedish: “Gloucester”
  • Tatar: “Глостер”
  • Turkish: “Glocester”
  • Turkish: “Gloucester, Massachusetts”
  • Turkish: “Gloucester”
  • Ukrainian: “Глостер”
  • Urdu: “گلوسٹر، میساچوسٹس”
  • Urdu: “گلوسٹر”
  • Uzbek: “Gloucester”
  • Vietnamese: “Gloucester, Massachusetts”
  • Vietnamese: “Gloucester”
  • Volapük: “Gloucester”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gloucester, Massachusetts”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gloucester”
  • Welsh: “Gloucester, Massachusetts”
  • Welsh: “Gloucester”

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