Devens, Massachusetts (MA)

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General Information about Devens

Fort Devens (also referred to as Devens) is an unincorporated village, census-designated place and former United States military installation the towns of Ayer and Shirley, in Middlesex County and Harvard in Worcester County in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It was a former army post named after jurist and Civil War general Charles Devens. The nearby Devens Reserve Forces Training Area is located in Lancaster. The population was 1017 at the 2000 census.
The area known as Devens today was originally called Camp Devens, established on September 5, 1917 as a temporary cantonment for training soldiers during World War I. It was a reception center for war selectees and became a demobilization center after the war. Two divisions (the 76th and the 12th) were activated and trained at Devens during the war. Robert Goddard briefly used the post for his rocket operations in 1929. The camp became a permanent installation in 1931 and was named Fort Devens the following year.

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Other towns near Devens

• Fort Devens, MA

  Population Size: 999

  Median Home Value: $0

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  Median Home Value: $164,600

• Shirley, MA

  Population Size: 1,461

  Median Home Value: $146,100

• Shirley Center, MA

  Population Size: 0

  Median Home Value: $0

• Harvard, MA

  Population Size: 0

  Median Home Value: $0

• Still River, MA

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  Median Home Value: $0

• West Groton, MA

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  Median Home Value: $0

• Lancaster, MA

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  Median Home Value: $0

• Groton, MA

  Population Size: 1,108

  Median Home Value: $271,400

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