About Lancaster
Lancaster is located in Worcester County in central Massachusetts. It occupies 28sq miles with a population of 7380 with
2049 households. Lancaster was first settled in 1643 and was officially incorporated in 1653 and is the oldest town in
Worcester County. Lancaster boasts being the official mothertown to all of central Massachusetts. Towns such as Harvard,
Stow, Bolton, Hudson, Marlborough, Clinton, Berlin and Bolyston were all once considered part of Lancaster.
Site of proposed Wal-Mart in Lancaster
The Town of Lancaster is a bedroom community serving the more urban Clinton, Leominster and Worcester. The town has
little industry, but does contain some working farms. Lancaster offers a spread of municipal services to its residents,
and the school system, which includes one elementary and one middle school, has long held a high reputation for academic
excellence Lancaster is the site of a half-dozen private schools, including South Lancaster Academy, the Dr. Franklin
Perkins School, a comprehensive service agency for children, adolescents, adults and senior citizens, and the
Atlantic Union College, a Seventh-Day Adventist school. A significant number of town residents are Adventists and the
group hosts a gathering of their co-religionists from around the country each summer.
Site of proposed Wal-Mart in Lancaster
Lancaster has no traffic lights, only one restaurant and no taverns, having been a dry town since its incorporation in
1653. As residents note, "It's a quiet, little town."