Somerset is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 11,924. Somerset’s micropolitan area population is 67,384, it comprises the entirety of Pulaski County.
Southeast
Somerset
Pulaski County, KY
Population
11,998
Walk Score
66 · Somewhat Walkable
Median rent
$812
Median home value
$131,900
Founded
1798
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Harvey's Hill Historic District · listed 1984
- North Main Street Historic District · listed 1984
- Somerset Commercial Historic District
- Somerset Downtown Commercial District · listed 1982
- South Courthouse Square Historic District · listed 1984
- West Columbia Street District · listed 1984
Notable landmarks
- Alexander Chapel Methodist Church
- Battle of Dutton's Hill Monument · listed 1997
- Buck-Mercer House · listed 1984
- Confederate Mass Grave Monument in Somerset · listed 1997
- Crawford House · listed 1984
- Crawford, A. Jackson, Building · listed 1980
- Fox, William, House · listed 1978
- Gover-Hardin House · listed 2007
- Hotel Beecher · listed 1984
- Morrow House · listed 1984
- Parker House · listed 1984
- Perkins, Dr. John Milton, House · listed 1978
- Pin Oak Site · listed 2023
- Pisgah Presbyterian Church
- Robinson Mill · listed 1984
- Saunders, George W., House
- Scott, Dill, House · listed 1984
- Shopville Elementary School
- Shopville Elementary School · listed 2025
- Smith House · listed 1984
- Smith, Beecher, House · listed 1984
- Somerset Armory · listed 2002
- Somerset City School and Carnegie Library · listed 1978
- Waddle-Prather House · listed 1984
- Withers House · listed 1984
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