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

National Register listings: 32

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.