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Welcome to Somers ...

Somers is located in Lancaster County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Somers, you might consider that their post office opened in 1925.

Somers is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Somers: 804 & 686<3>

Communities Also Named Somers ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Somers - they are located in Connecticut, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Montana, New York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Somers.

Communities near Somers ...

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

  • Tappahannock
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Warsaw
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Kilmarnock
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Urbanna
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Irvington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • White Stone
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Downings
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Downings is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downings
  • Lara
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lara is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lara
  • Merry Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Merry Point is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Point
  • Nesting
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Nesting is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesting

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Somers ...

Looking for more information about Somers? 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 Somers, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Somers.

Adding Somers to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Somers 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 Somers was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Somers post office opened in 1925. The Somers post office closed in 1958.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Somers.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Lancaster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Somers - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 804 code has been Overlayed with the 686 area code. New phone numbers in the Somers area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Somers area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/