Devens, Massachusetts | |
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 Devens Charity Chili Cookoff | |
| Motto: "More Than a Home. A Community"[1] | |
 Location in Worcester County and the state of Massachusetts. | |
| 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]
- ^ "Devens Community". Devens Community. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
- ^ "2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Massachusetts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
- ^ a b "P1. Race – Devens CDP, Massachusetts: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
- ^ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Devens CDP, Massachusetts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 9, 2012.