simple past tense and past participle of locate
"The old factory was located on the riverbank before it was demolished last year."
In plain English: Located means being in a specific place or position.
"The new coffee shop is located on the corner of Main Street."
Usage: Use "located" to describe something that has been found or situated in a specific place, such as saying the building was located downtown. Avoid using it as an adjective for where things are currently positioned unless you mean they were previously placed there.
Derived from the Latin locatus, the past participle of locare meaning "to place" or "to set," this term originally referred to the act of putting something in a specific position. It entered English via Old French as loquer before evolving into its current form describing where an object or person is situated.