Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Somerset County | |
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Somerset County Courthouse | |
Location within the U.S. state of Pennsylvania | |
Pennsylvania's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 39°58′N 79°02′W / 39.97°N 79.03°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| Founded | April 17, 1795 |
| Named after | Somerset |
| Seat | Somerset |
| Largest borough | Somerset |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,081 sq mi (2,800 km2) |
| • Land | 1,074 sq mi (2,780 km2) |
| • Water | 6.6 sq mi (17 km2) 0.6% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 74,129 |
| • Density | 69/sq mi (27/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Congressional district | 14th |
| Website | www |
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. The county is part of the Southwest Pennsylvania region of the state.
Somerset County comprises the Somerset, PA micropolitan statistical area, which is included in the Johnstown–Somerset, PA combined statistical area.
The county is famous for being the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93, one of the four flights involved in the September 11 attacks, which crashed near the village of Shanksville after the flight's passengers struggled with Al-Qaeda hijackers for control of the plane, which terrorists intended to fly into either the U.S. Capitol or the White House.
The Somerset County Amish community is the second oldest Amish community in the world that still exists, established in 1772. It is located in the South of the county around Meyersdale and Springs.