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Algonquian languages
The Algonquian languages also Algonkian) are a subfamily of Native American languages which includes most of the languages in the Algic language family. The name of the Algonquian language family is distinguished from the orthographically similar Algonquin dialect of the Ojibwe language, which is a...
once spoken by the Native American
Native Americans in the United States
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s of Massachusetts
Massachusetts
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and is believed to approximate "near the mountain" or "mountain place". Wachusett was originally used as the name of a mountain in Massachusetts; other uses of the word (most of them local) have been derived directly from the name of the mountain.
"Wachusett" may refer to:
Mount Wachusett
Mount Wachusett
Mount Wachusett is located in the towns of Princeton and Westminster in Worcester County, Massachusetts. It is the highest point in Massachusetts east of the Connecticut River. The mountain is named after a Native American term meaning "near the mountain" or "mountain place". The mountain is a...
, a mountain in Worcester County, Massachusetts
Worcester County, Massachusetts
-Demographics:In 1990 Worcester County had a population of 709,705.As of the census of 2000, there were 750,963 people, 283,927 households, and 192,502 families residing in the county. The population density was 496 people per square mile . There were 298,159 housing units at an average density...
- Wachusett Mountain (ski area)Wachusett Mountain (ski area)Wachusett Mountain is a ski resort in located on Mount Wachusett in the towns of Princeton and Westminster in Worcester County, Massachusetts...
, located on the mountain - A Walk to WachusettA Walk to WachusettA Walk to Wachusett is an essay penned by Henry David Thoreau accounting an excursion he took with a companion, Richard Fuller, from Concord, Massachusetts to the summit of Mount Wachusett located in Princeton, Massachusetts. Their journey, by foot, began on July 19, 1842...
, an essay by Henry David ThoreauHenry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist...
, about the author's journey to Mount Wachusett
Other geographic features
- Wachusett AqueductWachusett AqueductThe Wachusett Aqueduct carries water from the Wachusett Reservoir to the John J. Carroll Water Treatment Plant at Walnut Hill in Marlborough, Massachusetts...
in Massachusetts - Wachusett DamWachusett DamThe Wachusett Dam in Clinton, Massachusetts impounds the Nashua River creating the Wachusett Reservoir. Construction started in 1897 and was completed in 1905. It is part of the Nashua River Watershed....
in Clinton, MassachusettsClinton, MassachusettsClinton is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 13,606 at the 2010 census.For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place Clinton, please see the article Clinton , Massachusetts.... - Wachusett ReservoirWachusett ReservoirThe Wachusett Reservoir is the second largest body of water in the state of Massachusetts. It is located in central Massachusetts, northeast of Worcester. It is part of the water supply system for metropolitan Boston maintained by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority . It has an aggregate...
in Worcester County, Massachusetts - Wachusett Street in Jamaica Plain, MassachusettsJamaica Plain, MassachusettsJamaica Plain is a historic neighborhood of in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded by Boston Puritans seeking farm land to the south, it was originally part of the city of Roxbury...
Institutions, schools, and organizations
- Mount Wachusett Community CollegeMount Wachusett Community CollegeMount Wachusett Community College is a two-year community college in Gardner, Massachusetts. It offers associate degrees as well as a transfer program for students to earn credits for transfer to other colleges...
in Gardner, MassachusettsGardner, MassachusettsGardner, Massachusetts is a city in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 20,228 as of the 2010 census. Gardner is home to Dunn State Park, Gardner Heritage State Park, Lake Wampanoag Wildlife Sanctuary, and Mount Wachusett Community College.-History:Named in honor of... - Wachusett Hall at Assumption CollegeAssumption CollegeAssumption College is a private, Roman Catholic, liberal arts college located on 185 acres in Worcester, Massachusetts. Assumption has an enrollment of about 2,117 undergraduates...
- Wachusett Regional High SchoolWachusett Regional High SchoolWachusett Regional High School is located in Holden, Massachusetts and services the Wachusett Regional School District. Founded in 1955, WRSD comprises Holden, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, and Sterling. William Beando was appointed principal as of July 1, 2007, succeeding the one year interim...
in Holden, MassachusettsHolden, MassachusettsHolden is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The town was founded in 1741, and the Town Square was donated by John Hancock, former Governor of Massachusetts.The population was 17,346 at the 2010 census.-Geography:... - Wachusett Regional School DistrictWachusett Regional School DistrictWachusett Regional School District was founded in 1955 and comprises the Massachusetts towns of Holden, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, and Sterling.-Holden:Wachusett Regional High SchoolDavis Hill Elementary SchoolDawson Elementary School...
in Massachusetts
Businesses
- Wachusett Brewing CompanyWachusett Brewing CompanyWachusett Brewing Company is a microbrewery and craft brewery in Westminster, Massachusetts.Founded in 1993, by former attendees of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Wachusett Brewing Company is Worcester County's first and only brewery and was well-accepted by the town of Westminster. One of the...
in Westminster, MassachusettsWestminster, MassachusettsWestminster is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 7,277.- History :Westminster was first settled in 1737, and was officially incorporated in 1759.... - Wachusett Potato Chip CompanyWachusett Potato Chip CompanyWachusett Potato Chip Company in Fitchburg, Massachusetts was founded in 1939. It was originally started in Clinton, Massachusetts by the children of a Polish immigrant family....
in Fitchburg, MassachusettsFitchburg, MassachusettsFitchburg is the third largest city in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,318 at the 2010 census. Fitchburg is home to Fitchburg State University as well as 17 public and private elementary and high schools.- History :...
Ships
- USS Wachusett (1861), a United States Navy sloop-of-war in commission from 1862 to 1868, from 1871 to 1874, and from 1879 to 1885
- USS Wachusett (ID-1840)USS Wachusett (ID-1840)The second USS Wachusett was a cargo ship that served in the United States Navy from 1918 to 1919.Wachusett was built as the freighter SS Ceres in 1896 by Blohm & Voss at Hamburg, Germany. She was renamed Suevia in 1898...
, a United States Navy cargo ship in commission from 1918 to 1919 - USS Wachusetts (SP-548)USS Wachusetts (SP-548)USS Wachusetts was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919. She was renamed USS SP-548 during her period of service....
, later USS SP-548, a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919