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Somerset County

Somerset County is a county located in the north-central part of the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the county was the state's 13th-most-populous county, with a population of 345,361, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 21,917 from the 2010 census count of 323,444.
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is a borough in and the county seat of Somerset County, in the U.S. state of . The borough is located in the heart of the within the New York Metropolitan Area, located about 33 miles from and 20 miles from .

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is a town in Somerset County, . with a small city feel. It is home to many shops and restaurants. It was once an industrial town with a major Johns factory.

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is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within , in County, in the U.S. state of .

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is a borough in the Somerset Hills of northern Somerset County in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 924, an increase of 5 from the 2010 census count of 919, which in turn reflected an increase of 60 from the 859 counted in the 2000 census.

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is a small, affluent town located in the region in northern . It is in Somerset County, which is in the top ten wealthiest counties in the nation.

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is a borough in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 7,835, its highest decennial census count ever and an increase of 954 from the 2010 census count of 6,881, which in turn had reflected an increase of 543 from the 6,338 counted at the 2000 census.

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is a township in with a population of 44,000. It has a long history, having been created in 1749 and incorporated in 1798, and according to tradition was where the first official U.S. flag was unfurled.

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Township is a township in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of . Located in the , the township is a suburban and exurban bedroom community of within the New York Metropolitan Area.

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is a township in southern Somerset County, in the central part of the U.S. state of . It is located in the New York Metropolitan Area.

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is a city in Somerset County in . is a small town with a cozy and inviting atmosphere. is a widespread community mostly consisting of residential areas, farmlands, parks, and shopping centers.

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is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within in the Somerset Hills region of Somerset County, in the U.S. state of .

Somerset County

Latitude of center
40.5675° or 40° 34′ 3″ north
Longitude of center
-74.619° or 74° 37′ 8″ west
Population
323,000
Elevation
52 feet (16 metres)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316973308
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
5104759
Wiki­data ID
Q502414
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Somerset County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Somerset County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة سومرست”
  • Armenian: “Սոմերսեթ շրջան”
  • Armenian: “Սոմերսետ շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Somerset”
  • Azerbaijani: “Somerset”
  • Basque: “Somerset konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Somerset County, New Jersey”
  • Bavarian: “Somerset County”
  • Belarusian: “акруга Самерсет”
  • Belarusian: “Самерсет (акруга, Нью-Джэрсі)”
  • Belarusian: “Самерсет”
  • Bishnupriya: “সোমারসেট কাউন্টি, নিউ জার্সি”
  • Bishnupriya: “সোমারসেট কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Самърсет”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Somerset”
  • Cebuano: “Somerset County”
  • Chechen: “Сомерсет (гуо, Нью-Джерси)”
  • Chechen: “Сомерсет”
  • Chinese: “Somerset Kūn”
  • Chinese: “桑莫塞縣”
  • Chinese: “桑莫塞郡”
  • Chinese: “索美塞特縣”
  • Chinese: “萨默塞特县”
  • Danish: “Somerset County, New Jersey”
  • Danish: “Somerset County”
  • Dutch: “Somerset County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Somerset”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Somerset”
  • Esperanto: “Somerset County”
  • Finnish: “Somersetin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Somerset”
  • French: “Comté de Somerset”
  • French: “Somerset County”
  • Georgian: “სომერსეტის ოლქი”
  • German: “Somerset County”
  • Gilaki: “سامرست ٚ شأرستان (نيۊجرسي)”
  • Gilaki: “سامرست ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Σόμερσετ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז סאמרסט”
  • Hebrew: “סאמרסט קאונטי”
  • Hungarian: “Somerset megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Somerset”
  • Italian: “contea di Somerset”
  • Italian: “Contea di Somerset”
  • Italian: “Somerset County”
  • Japanese: “サマセット・カウンティ”
  • Japanese: “サマセット郡”
  • Korean: “서머싯군”
  • Low German: “Somerset County”
  • Mazanderani: “سامرست شهرستان (نیوجرسی)”
  • Mazanderani: “سامرست شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Somerset Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Somerset Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Somerset County i New Jersey”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Somerset County, New Jersey”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Somerset County”
  • Norwegian: “Somerset County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان سامرست، نیوجرسی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان سامرست”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Somerset”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Somerset”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Somerset”
  • Portuguese: “Somerset County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Somerset, New Jersey”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Somerset”
  • Russian: “Сомерсет”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Somerset”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Somerset County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Самерсет”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Somerset County, New Jersey”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Somerset County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Somerset”
  • Slovenian: “Somerset County”
  • Spanish: “condado de Somerset”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Somerset”
  • Swedish: “Somerset County, New Jersey”
  • Swedish: “Somerset County”
  • Tajik: “Сомерсет”
  • Tatar: “Сомерсет (округ, Нью-Джерси)”
  • Tatar: “Сомерсет”
  • Tumbuka: “Somerset County”
  • Turkish: “Somerset County, N.J.”
  • Turkish: “Somerset County, New Jersey”
  • Turkish: “Somerset County, NJ”
  • Turkish: “Somerset County”
  • Turkish: “Somerset ilçesi, N.J.”
  • Turkish: “Somerset ilçesi, New Jersey”
  • Turkish: “Somerset ilçesi, NJ”
  • Turkish: “Somerset ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Сомерсет”
  • Urdu: “سومرسیٹ کاؤنٹی، نیو جرسی”
  • Urdu: “سومرسیٹ کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Somerset”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Somerset, New Jersey”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Somerset, Tân Jersey”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Somerset”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Somerset, New Jersey”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Somerset”
  • Welsh: “Somerset County, New Jersey”
  • Welsh: “Somerset County”
  • Western Panjabi: “سومرسٹ کاؤنٹی”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Somerset County”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.