Mid-Atlantic

Somerset

Somerset County, PA

Population

6,030

Walk Score

71 · Very Walkable

Median rent

$675

Median home value

$135,000

Settled

1795

Somerset is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. The population was 6,046 at the 2020 census. The borough is surrounded by Somerset Township and is located off the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Somerset is the principal city of the Somerset micropolitan statistical area, which consists of Somerset County, and is also a principal city of the larger Johnstown-Somerset combined statistical area.

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On the National Register

Historic districts

  • Laurel Hill RDA · listed 1987
  • Uptown Somerset Historic District · listed 1995
  • Uptown Somerset Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 1997

Notable landmarks

  • Barronvale Bridge · listed 1980
  • King's Bridge · listed 1980
  • Somerset County Courthouse · listed 1980
  • Walter's Mill Bridge · listed 1980
  • Zimmerman, Daniel B., Mansion · listed 1995

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