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Welcome to Somersville ...So far, we found very little information about Somersville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Somersville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Somersville, please Contact Us. Somersville would have been located within present day Contra Costa County<2>. The location of Somersville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Somersville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870. While the community is gone, the present day location for Somersville is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Somersville was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Somersville ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Somersville - they are located in Connecticut and Maine. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Somersville. Communities near Somersville ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Somersville.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Somersville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Somersville. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Somersville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Somersville. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Somersville. See our Newspapers Page for Somersville. Adding Somersville to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Somersville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Somersville was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). We also found Somersville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Somersville. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Contra Costa County: www.co.contra-costa.ca.us/ The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/ Footnotes ...
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