Somerset County
Also known as Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Somerset County, PA
county in Pennsylvania, United States
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Somerset County is a county located in Pennsylvania in the northeastern United States. It is one of Pennsylvania's 67 counties and serves as a local government division for the region.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Founded
- April 17, 1795
- Named after
- Somerset
- Seat
- Somerset
- Largest borough
- Somerset
- Total
- 1,081 sq mi (2,800 km )
- Land
- 1,074 sq mi (2,780 km )
- Water
- 6.6 sq mi (17 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 72,004
- Density
- 67/sq mi (26/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
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Somerset County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 74,129. Its county seat is Somerset. The county was created from part of Bedford County on April 17, 1795, and named after the county of Somerset in England. The county is part of the Southwest Pennsylvania region of the state.
Somerset County comprises the Somerset, PA micropolitan statistical area, which is included in the Johnstown–Somerset, PA combined statistical area.