Fort Devens Cemetery
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.Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: human settlement in Massachusetts, United States of America
- Also known as: “Fort Devens Post Cemetery” and “Post Cemetery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Federal Medical Center, Devens and Fruitlands Museum.
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. Federal Medical Center, Devens is situated 1,200 feet south of Fort Devens Cemetery.
Fruitlands Museum
Nature reserve
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, Massachusetts, is a museum about multiple visions of America on the site of the short-lived utopian community, Fruitlands. Fruitlands Museum is situated 1½ miles south of Fort Devens Cemetery.
Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center
Prison
Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center is a supermax security prison in Lancaster, Massachusetts. It is operated by the Massachusetts Department of Correction. Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center is situated 1½ miles west of Fort Devens Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Devens and Shirley.
Devens
Town
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
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.
Still River
Hamlet
Harvard is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The town is located 25 miles west-northwest of Boston, in eastern Massachusetts. It is mostly bounded by I-495 to the east and Route 2 to the north. Still River is situated 2½ miles south of Fort Devens Cemetery.
Fort Devens Cemetery
- Categories: human settlement and burial
- Location: Town of Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.52864° or 42° 31′ 43″ northLongitude
-71.622° or 71° 37′ 19″ westOperator
National Cemetery AdministrationOpen location code
87JCG9HH+F6OpenStreetMap ID
way 1230038707OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q15218090
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