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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: Landforms of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Populated places in Worcester County, Massachusetts, Protected areas of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts, Gardner, Massachusetts, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Leominster, Massachusetts, Metacomet-Monadnock Trail, Midstate Trail, Southbridge, Massachusetts, West Hill Dam, Tantiusques, Mount Wachusett, Nashua River Watershed, Dexter Drumlin, Douglas State Forest, Blackstone Canal, Otter River State Forest, Harvard Forest, Mount Watatic, Brooks Woodland Preserve, Royalston Falls, Federated Women's Club State Forest, Doane's Falls, Jacobs Hill, Swift River Reservation, Rock House Reservation, Redemption Rock, North Common Meadow, Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge, Purgatory Chasm State Reservation, Wapack Range, North County, Quabbin Valley, Cormier Woods, Mount Pisgah, Chaubunagungamaug Reservation, Tully Trail, Elliott Laurel, South County, Hassanamisco Nipmuc, Massachusetts Avenue Historic District, Ashburnham Center Historic District, Crow Hills, Linwood Historic District, Leadmine Wildlife Management Area, Rockdale Common Housing District, North Leominster, Vintonville Historic District, Spirit Falls, Mount Jefferson, Camp Atwater, Cedar Hill. Excerpt: Worcester ( -t r) is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population was 181,045, making it the second largest city in New England after Boston. Worcester is located approximately 40 miles (64 km) west of Boston, and 38 miles (61 km) northeast of Springfield. Due to its location in central Massachusetts, amidst Massachusetts' major metropolitan regions, Worcester is known as the "Heart of the Commonwealth," thus, a heart is the official symbol of the city. Worcester was co...