Welcome to Somersetin ...

Somersetin is located in Somerset County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Somersetin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Somersetin is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Somersetin lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Somersetin ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Somersetin.

• East Orange
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • East Orange is located in Essex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orange
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 64,630 people
• New Brunswick
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • New Brunswick is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Brunswick
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 56,182 people
• Plainfield
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Plainfield is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 50,011 people
• Linden
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Linden is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,076 people
• Rahway
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Rahway is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rahway
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,832 people
• Westfield
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Westfield is located in Union County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,238 people
• Summit
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Summit is located in Union County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,812 people
• Morristown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Morristown is located in Morris County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,229 people
  • Morristown has also been known as:
  • New Hanover
  • West Hanover
• Dover
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Dover is located in Morris County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,619 people
• Hackettstown
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Hackettstown is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackettstown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,372 people

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 Somersetin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Somersetin.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Somersetin. 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 Somersetin.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Somersetin. See our Newspapers Page for Somersetin.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Somersetin ...

Looking for more information about Somersetin? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Somersetin, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Somersetin.

Adding Somersetin to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Somersetin 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 (so far) for Somersetin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Somersetin post office opened in 1898. The Somersetin post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Somersetin.