Devens
Devens is a regional enterprise zone and census-designated place in the towns of Ayer and Shirley and Harvard in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is the successor to Fort Devens, a military post that operated from 1917 to 1996.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 1,840 residents
- Description: human settlement in Massachusetts, United States of America
- Also known as: “Devens, MA” and “Devens, Massachusetts”
- Postal codes: 01434 and 01434
Places of Interest
Highlights include Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School and Fort Devens Cemetery.
Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School
School
Photo: Michael A. White, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School is a public charter school in Devens, Massachusetts, United States that serves students in grades 7 to 12.
Fort Devens Cemetery
Cemetery
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Fort Devens is a United States Army Reserve military installation in the towns of Ayer and Shirley, in Middlesex County and Harvard in Worcester County in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
Federal Medical Center, Devens
Prison
The Federal Medical Center, Devens is a United States federal prison in Massachusetts for male inmates requiring specialized or long-term medical or mental health care.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ayer and Shirley.
Ayer
Village
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Ayer is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Originally part of Groton, it was incorporated February 14, 1871, and became a major commercial railroad junction. Ayer is situated 2 miles northeast of Devens.
Shirley
Photo: Bob Burkhardt, CC BY 3.0.
Shirley is a city in Merrimack Valley with a population of 7,000. The town was named for former Governor William Shirley, and was settled in 1720 and incorporated in 1775.
Harvard
Harvard is a town of 6,900 people in North County. It has been home to several non-traditional communities, such as Harvard Shaker Village and the utopian transcendentalist center Fruitlands.
Devens
Latitude
42.53895° or 42° 32′ 20″ northLongitude
-71.60944° or 71° 36′ 34″ westPopulation
1,840Elevation
266 feet (81 metres)United Nations Location Code
US VNSOpen location code
87JCG9QR+H6OpenStreetMap ID
node 2393562160OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Devens” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ديفينس”
- Cebuano: “Devens”
- Chechen: “Девенс”
- Chinese: “丹弗斯”
- Chinese: “德文斯”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ديفينس”
- French: “Devens”
- German: “Devens”
- Gilaki: “دوینز (ماساچۊست)”
- Gilaki: “دوینز”
- Irish: “Devens”
- Italian: “Devens”
- Ladin: “Devens”
- Persian: “دیونز، ماساچوست”
- Persian: “دیونز”
- Polish: “Devens”
- Portuguese: “Devens”
- South Azerbaijani: “دیونز، ماساچوست”
- Spanish: “Devens”
- Tatar: “Девенс”
- Turkish: “Devens”
- Ukrainian: “Девенс”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Devens Common and Shaker Village.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Devens Fire Department and Anytime Fitness.
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