Devens, Massachusetts | |
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Motto: "More Than a Home. A Community"[1] | |
Coordinates: 42°32′14″N 71°36′56″W / 42.53722°N 71.61556°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Massachusetts |
Counties | Middlesex, Worcester |
Towns | Ayer, Shirley, Harvard |
Area | |
• Total | 6.87 sq mi (17.80 km2) |
• Land | 6.78 sq mi (17.57 km2) |
• Water | 0.09 sq mi (0.23 km2) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,697 |
• Density | 250.15/sq mi (96.58/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 01434 |
Area code | 978 |
FIPS code | 25-16840 |
Website | www |
Devens is a regional enterprise zone and census-designated place in the towns of Ayer and Shirley (in Middlesex County) and Harvard (in Worcester County) in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is the successor to Fort Devens, a military post that operated from 1917 to 1996. The population was 1,697 at the 2020 census,[3] down from 1,840 in 2010.[4]