Devens, Massachusetts
Devens, Massachusetts | |
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Devens Charity Chili Cookoff | |
| Motto: "More Than a Home. A Community" | |
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 | 0.089 sq mi (0.23 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,697 |
| • Density | 250.1/sq mi (96.58/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes | |
| 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, down from 1,840 in 2010.