Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1795
Parent county: Bedford

Namesake: Somerset, England
Seat: Somerset (1795–)

Land area: 1,081 square miles

Population (2020): 74,129

Population (historic): 10,188 (1800); 17,762 (1830); 26,778 (1860); 37,317 (1890); 80,764 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1920; 1930s; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: 23 boroughs; five CDPs; 25 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 11,251 (29.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 59.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 21.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.8%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,774
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,552
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,630
Average farm size (1920): 64.7 acres
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Somerset

Namesake: Somerset, England

Founding: 1795 (platting); 1797 (post office); 1804 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 6,046

Population (historic): 280 (1800); 649 (1830); 1,001 (1860); 1,834 (1900); 4,395 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1795–1810; 1820s; 1840–1860; 1870–1960; 1970s; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 799 (24.2%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Augustine Log House (c. 1830). 7477 National Pike. Addison. Razed.
2. Robert Hunter House (1837). 232 Old Tannery Lane. Addison.
3. Conrad Smith Log House (c. 1850). 177 Dorn Road. Allegheny.
4. St. John the Baptist Catholic Church (1890). 101 Findley Street. Allegheny. Romanesque/Gothic Revival.
5. Simon Hay House (1796). 318 Hay's Mill Road. Brothers Valley.
6. Seth Wagerline Farm (1867). 382 Weighley Mill Road. Brothers Valley.
7. David Hay Farm (1871). 229 Hay's Park Road. Elk Lick. Italianate.
8. Compton Mill (1868–1871). 708 Oakdale Road. Elk Lick.
9. Abraham Beachy Farm (1809). 226 Springs Road. Elk Lick.
10. Troutman Log Mill (c. 1866). 156 Bittner Mill Road. Fairhope. Razed.
11. William Baer Farm (c. 1865). 247 Schoolhouse Road. Greenville.
12. Peter Friedline Farm (c. 1858). 1606 Bakersville–Edie Road. Jefferson. Gothic Revival/Italianate.
13. John Biesecker House (c. 1860). 550 Beam Church Road. Jenner. Italianate. Razed.
14. Lower Turkeyfoot Methodist Church (1880). 1643 Conn Road. Lower Turkeyfoot.
15. Jersey Baptist Church (1877). 2521 Jersey Hollow Road. Lower Turkeyfoot. Gothic Revival.
16. John Boucher Farm (1843). 3994 Kingwood Road. Middle Creek.
17. Freeman Mason Farm (1877). 2220 Casselman Road. Milford. Italianate.
18. Samuel Kooser Farm (1837). 478 Indiantown Road. Milford.
19. Jacob Tedrow Farm (c. 1845). 297 Ling Road. Milford. Greek Revival.
20. Jonathan Flick Farm (c. 1845). 610 Ling Road. Milford. Greek Revival.
21. Peter Miller Farm (1886). 442 Darr Road. Quemahoning. Italianate/Queen Anne.
22. Peter Gardner Log House (c. 1825). 3948 Lincoln Highway. Quemahoning.
23. David Dibert Farm (c. 1841/1870s). 4351 Lincoln Highway. Quemahoning. Italianate.
24. William Rininger House (1893). 142 Old Car Lane. Quemahoning. Eastlake. Razed.
25. John Zimmerman Farm (c. 1880). 251 Tedrow Road. Quemahoning. Italianate. Razed.
26. Norman Richardson House (1918–1920). 6786 Lincoln Highway. Shade. Eclectic.
27. Daniel Zimmerman House (1915). 800 Georgian Place Drive. Somerset. Georgian Revival.
28. Isaac Husband House (c. 1820/1910). 191 Lowry Road. Somerset. Classical Revival.
29. Adam Lepley House (c. 1840). 365 Hill Road. Southampton. Razed.
30. Jacob Cook House (c. 1844). 319 Rizer Road. Southampton. Razed.
31. Jacob Miller Farm (c. 1840/1889). 2155 Cornerstone Road. Stony Creek. Eastlake.
32. Jacob Schrock House (c. 1854). 7704 Glades Pike. Stony Creek.
33. Peter Walker Farm (1832). 172 Creek Road. Summit.
34. John Brooks Farm (c. 1840). 7542 Kingwood Road. Upper Turkeyfoot. Federal.

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