Fitchburg
city in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
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Summary
Fitchburg is a city in the United States[1]. Fitchburg ranks in the top 6% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (942 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Worcester County[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: North Nashua River[5]
- Shares border with: Ashby[6]
- Twinned administrative body: Kleve[7], Kokkola[8], Oni[9], Tianjin[10]
- Postal code: 01420[11]
- Part of: Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Worcester district[12], Massachusetts Senate's Worcester and Middlesex district[13]
- Commons category: Fitchburg, Massachusetts[14]
- Inception: 1730[15]
- Coordinate location: 42.583333333333, -71.802777777778[16]
- Official website: http://www.fitchburgma.gov/[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Fitchburg, Massachusetts[18]
- Population: 40,318[19], 41,946[20]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Fitchburg, Massachusetts[21]
- Described by source: The Encyclopedia Americana[22], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23], The American Cyclopædia[24], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[25], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[26], New International Encyclopedia[27], The New Student's Reference Work[28]
- Official name: Fitchburg[29]
- Category for people born here: Q28381897[30]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Fitchburg, Massachusetts[31]
- Number of households: 15,555[32]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Fitchburg, Massachusetts[33]
- Elevation above sea level: 143[34]
- Area: 72.824668[35], 72.819267[36]
- Water as percent of area: 1.0239[37]
- Territory overlaps: Leominster–Fitchburg urban area[38]
- Per capita income: 27,887[39]
Why It Matters
Fitchburg has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Fitchburg is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]