Somerset
Somerset is an unincorporated community in Orange County, Virginia, United States. It is the place where the roundabout at the former intersection of Virginia State Route 20 and Virginia State Route 231 is located.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Orange County, Virginia
- Also known as: “Somerset, VA” and “Somerset, Virginia”
- Postal code: 22972
Places of Interest
Highlights include Madison–Barbour Rural Historic District and Somerset Christian Church.
Madison–Barbour Rural Historic District
Park
Madison–Barbour Rural Historic District is a national historic district located near Barboursville, Orange County, Virginia. It encompasses 775 contributing buildings, 233 contributing sites, 111 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object.
Somerset Christian Church
Church
Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Somerset Christian Church is a historic Christian church located near Old Somerset, Orange County, Virginia. It was built about 1850, and is an Italianate style, rectangular wood-frame building It features a one-story porch of four square Tuscan order columns supporting a pedimented roof.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Uno and Barboursville.
Uno
Locality
Uno is an unincorporated community located in Madison County, Virginia, United States. Uno is situated 3½ miles north of Somerset.
Barboursville
Village
Barboursville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Orange County, Virginia, United States. It is the birthplace of renowned American military commander and president Zachary Taylor. Barboursville is situated 4½ miles southwest of Somerset.
Gordonsville
Village
Photo: Rutke421, Public domain.
Gordonsville is a town in Orange County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. Located approximately 19 miles northeast of Charlottesville and 65 miles northwest of Richmond, the population was 1,402 at the 2020 census. Gordonsville is situated 5 miles south of Somerset.
Somerset
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Orange, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.20763° or 38° 12′ 28″ northLongitude
-78.21806° or 78° 13′ 5″ westElevation
430 feet (131 metres)Open location code
87C36Q5J+3QOpenStreetMap ID
node 157633896OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From French to Urdu—“Somerset” goes by many names.
- French: “Somerset”
- Persian: “سامرست، ویرجینیا”
- Persian: “سامرست”
- South Azerbaijani: “سومرزت، ویرجینیا”
- Urdu: “سومرسیٹ، ورجینیا”
- Urdu: “سومرسیٹ”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Somerset Post Office and Hen & Bacon Airport.
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