South County[1] is a region comprising several towns in the south-central area of Massachusetts.
As it has no legal standing in state government, definitions of the region vary.
The region's leading daily newspaper, the Telegram & Gazette of Worcester, defines South County differently, placing the region's eastern border at the Auburn, Oxford and Webster; it places towns in southeastern Worcester County in the Blackstone Valley region.
In this definition, towns that align economically with Fitchburg and Leominster are "North County", while towns closer to Worcester—as well as Worcester itself—are "South County".
This Worcester County, Massachusetts geography–related article is a stub.