Place:Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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NameWestminster
Alt namesWestminster Centresource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS25002985
TypeTown
Coordinates42.533°N 71.9°W
Located inWorcester, Massachusetts, United States
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Westminster is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, in the United States. At the 2020 census, the town population was 8,213.

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Westminster was first settled by Europeans in 1737, and was officially incorporated in 1759.

Westminster has four entries in the National Register of Historic Places: Ahijah Wood House, Nathan Wood House, Ezra Wood-Levi Warner Place, and Westminster Village-Academy Hill Historic District.

Westminster was the site of Westminster Academy, incorporated in 1833.

The town achieved national news in November 2014 when the Board of Health proposed banning all sales of tobacco.

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