Back سومرزت، ماساچوست AZB Somerset (Massachusetts) Catalan Сомерсет (Массачусетс) CE Somerset (lungsod sa Tinipong Bansa, Massachusetts) CEB Somerset, Massachusetts CY Somerset (Massachusetts) German Somerset (Massachusetts) Spanish Somerset (Massachusetts) EU سامرست، ماساچوست FA Somerset (Massachusetts) French
Somerset, Massachusetts | |
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 Brightman Street Bridge, taken from the Somerset side of the Taunton River | |
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 Location in Bristol County in Massachusetts | |
| Coordinates: 41°46′10″N 71°07′45″W / 41.76944°N 71.12917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Massachusetts |
| County | Bristol |
| Settled | 1677 |
| Incorporated | 1790 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Open town meeting |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.0 sq mi (31.0 km2) |
| • Land | 8.1 sq mi (21.0 km2) |
| • Water | 3.9 sq mi (10.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 18,303 |
| • Density | 1,500/sq mi (590/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (Eastern) |
| ZIP Codes | 02725, 02726 |
| Area code | 508/774 |
| FIPS code | 25-62430 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0619438 |
| Website | www.townofsomerset.org |
Somerset is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 18,303 at the 2020 census.[1] It is the birthplace and hometown of Clifford Milburn Holland (1883–1924), the chief engineer and namesake of the Holland Tunnel in New York City.
Somerset is a part of the South Coast region of Massachusetts which encompasses the communities that surround Buzzards Bay (excluding the Elizabeth Islands, Bourne and Falmouth), Mount Hope Bay and the Sakonnet River.
- ^ "Census – Geography Profile: Somerset town, Massachusetts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 23, 2021.