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Place Name
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Webster
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Place Status (Type)
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town
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Population
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16,196 (1990)
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Location
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Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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42°03'N
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Longitude
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71°51'W
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Webster
, town (1990 pop. 16,196),
Worcester co., S Mass., near the Conn. state line; 42°03'N 71°51'W.
Mfg. (clothing, lenses, fabrics, textiles). The town was named for
Daniel Webster and became a textile center in the early 19th cent.
through the efforts of Samuel Slater, a pioneer in the U.S.
textile industry. Includes village of East Village. Settled c.1713, set
off from Dudley and Oxford and inc. 1832.
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