Devens Common

Devens Common is a locality in Town of Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts. Devens Common is situated nearby to the village Ayer, as well as near the neighborhood Shaker Village.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Devens Cemetery and Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School.

Fort Devens Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

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.

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 Devens and Ayer.

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.

Ayer

Village

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Common.

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.

Devens Common

Type: Locality
Location: Town of Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.53962° or 42° 32′ 23″ north

Longitude

-71.61225° or 71° 36′ 44″ west

Open location code

87JCG9QQ+R3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 219356360

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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