East Douglas Massachusetts Map

About East Douglas, Massachusetts

East Douglas is a locality in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,702. The population density is 306.2 people per km². East Douglas is located at 42.0811°N, 71.7195°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 01516.

East Douglas maintains a quiet geography defined by the persistent, winding course of the Mumford River as it carves through the local terrain. It lies 4.3 miles west of Uxbridge, MA (from Uxbridge, MA: bearing 265°T), and is situated 9.4 miles south of Grafton. The landscape here favors a dense, terrestrial intimacy, where the dark, still waters of Hunt Pond reflect the shifting light of the afternoon sky. Beyond the immediate banks, the topography rises into a series of wooded ridges that suggest the distant silhouette of Hitchcock Mountain against the horizon. The air remains cool and heavy with the scent of damp earth and pine needles, particularly as one nears the dense canopy of the Douglass State Forest, which provides a vast, green anchor to the surrounding landscape.

East Douglas carries the weight of a long industrial narrative, having once relied upon the steady flow of the Mumford River to power the mills that defined its early economic character. Today, the pace of life centers around the quiet utility of Soldiers Field, a space that serves as a communal point of assembly in the center of the locale. Residents often look toward the geologic curiosities found at Purgatory Chasm or the kinetic energy of Sutton Falls, both of which lie a short distance away and offer a sharp contrast to the measured, domestic rhythm of the neighborhood streets. The legacy of those early manufacturing years persists in the architectural textures of the buildings, grounding the daily activities of East Douglas in a tradition of steady, deliberate labor.

About This East Douglas Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of East Douglas, Massachusetts. Coordinates: 42.081104, -71.719485. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for East Douglas includes the ZIP code (01516), telephone area code (339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978), county seat of Worcester County (Worcester), and school district assignment (Douglas School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.