town of Ayer, Massachusetts

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human settlement municipality town

The town of Ayer, Massachusetts is a small New England community in Middlesex County known historically as a railroad junction and for its proximity to the former U.S. Army base Fort Devens.

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Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement →
municipality →
town →
adjacentTo Fort Devens →
areaCode 351 →
978 →
borderedBy Fort Devens →
Groton, Massachusetts →
Harvard, Massachusetts →
Littleton, Massachusetts NERFINISHED →
Shirley, Massachusetts NERFINISHED →
climate humid continental climate →
country United States of America →
county Middlesex County, Massachusetts →
distanceToBoston approximately 35 miles northwest →
governmentType open town meeting →
hasElementarySchool Page Hilltop Elementary School →
hasFeature downtown commercial district →
light industrial areas →
residential neighborhoods →
hasHighSchool Ayer Shirley Regional High School →
hasLandUse commercial →
industrial →
residential →
hasLocalGovernment Board of Selectmen →
Town Manager →
hasMajorRoad Massachusetts Route 110 NERFINISHED →
Massachusetts Route 111 NERFINISHED →
Massachusetts Route 2A NERFINISHED →
hasMiddleSchool Ayer Shirley Regional Middle School →
hasNearbyMilitaryInstallation Fort Devens →
hasPublicSchoolDistrict Ayer Shirley Regional School District →
hasRailStation Ayer station →
hasTransportation MBTA Commuter Rail Fitchburg Line →
historicalRole railroad hub →
knownFor proximity to Fort Devens →
railroad junction →
locatedIn Massachusetts →
Middlesex County, Massachusetts →
United States of America →
northern Massachusetts →
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone →
namedAfter James Ayer →
near Nashua River NERFINISHED →
observesDaylightSavingTime true →
partOfMetropolitanArea Greater Boston →
postalCode 01432 →
region New England →
state Massachusetts →
Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Town of Shirley ("Town of Ayer") →
adjacentTo
Fort Devens, Massachusetts →
partOf
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