Fort Devens, Massachusetts

E12604

census-designated place former United States Army installation unincorporated community

Fort Devens, Massachusetts is a former U.S. Army installation in north-central Massachusetts that has been redeveloped into a mixed-use community and training center.

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Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	census-designated place → former United States Army installation → unincorporated community →
closedAsActiveArmyPost	1996 →
closureProcess	Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) →
country	United States →
currentNameVariant	Devens, Massachusetts →
established	1917 →
function	Army base → induction center → training camp →
governedBy	MassDevelopment →
hasFacility	Devens Reserve Forces Training Area → Massachusetts National Guard training facilities → U.S. Army Reserve training facilities →
hasHistoricUse	Army Security Agency training site → intelligence training center → prisoner-of-war camp →
hasLandUse	commercial → industrial → recreational → residential →
locatedIn	Massachusetts → Middlesex County, Massachusetts → Worcester County, Massachusetts → north-central Massachusetts →
militaryBranch	United States Army →
namedAfter	Charles Devens →
namedFor	Major General Charles Devens →
near	Fitchburg, Massachusetts NERFINISHED → Lowell, Massachusetts NERFINISHED → Nashua River →
originalName	Camp Devens →
partOf	town of Ayer, Massachusetts → town of Harvard, Massachusetts → town of Shirley, Massachusetts →
postalCode	01434 →
redevelopedAs	business and technology park → mixed-use community → training center →
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
transportationAccess	Interstate 495 → Massachusetts Route 2 →
usedDuring	Cold War → Vietnam War era → World War I → World War II →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ayer, Massachusetts ("Fort Devens") →	adjacentTo
Ayer, Massachusetts ("Fort Devens") →	associatedWith
Ayer ("Fort Devens") →	associatedWithMilitaryInstallation
Ayer, Massachusetts ("Fort Devens") →	borderedBy
Ayer →	borders
Harvard, Massachusetts ("Fort Devens") →	containsPartOf
Fort Devens, Massachusetts ("Devens Reserve Forces Training Area") →	hasFacility
Ayer, Massachusetts ("former U.S. Army base Fort Devens") →	hasNearbyFacility
Ayer, Massachusetts ("Fort Devens") →	hasNearbyMilitaryInstallation
Nashua River →	near
Fort Devens, Massachusetts ("Camp Devens") →	originalName
United States Army Security Agency →	trainingLocation