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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