Somerset, PA
Somerset County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 74,129. Its county seat is Somerset. The county was created from part of Bedford County on April 17, 1795, and named after the county of Somerset in England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Economic region with 80,000 residents
- Description: micropolitan statistical area in Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “43740”, “Somerset micropolitan area”, “Somerset micropolitan statistical area”, “Somerset, PA Micro Area”, and “Somerset, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area”
Places of Interest
Highlights include State Correctional Institution – Laurel Highlands.
State Correctional Institution – Laurel Highlands
Prison
State Correctional Institution – Laurel Highlands is a minimum-security facility in Somerset Township, Pennsylvania, about 70 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. The prison houses minimum-security inmates, particularly geriatric and mentally ill males. State Correctional Institution – Laurel Highlands is situated 2½ miles north of Somerset, PA.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Somerset and Listie.
Somerset
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Somerset is a borough of 6,000 people and a township of 12,000 people in the Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania. This article also covers Shanksville about 11 miles away.
Listie
Hamlet
Listie is an unincorporated community in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located 3.7 miles east-northeast of Somerset. Listie had a post office until September 28, 2002; it still has its own ZIP code, 15549. Listie is situated 4 miles north of Somerset, PA.
Somerset, PA
- Category: micropolitan statistical area
- Location: Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Slovenian to Spanish—“Somerset, PA” goes by many names.
- Slovenian: “mikropolitansko območje Somerseta”
- Spanish: “Área micropolitana de Somerset”
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