Editing Somerset County, Pennsylvania

{{Short description|County in Pennsylvania, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Somerset County
 | state                = Pennsylvania
 | seal                 = Somerset County pa seal.png
 | flag                 = Flag of Somerset County, Pennsylvania.gif
 | founded              = April 17, 1795
 | seat wl              = Somerset
 | largest city         = Somerset
 | city type            = borough
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 1081
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 1074
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 6.6
 | area percentage      = 0.6%
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 74,129
 | density_sq_mi        = 69
 | web                  = www.co.somerset.pa.us
 | ex image             = Somerset County Courthouse Pa 2012.jpg
 | ex image size        = 250
 | ex image cap         = Somerset County Courthouse
 | time zone            = Eastern
 | district             = 14th
 | named for            = [[Somerset]]
}}
'''Somerset County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[Commonwealth (U.S. state)|Commonwealth]] of [[Pennsylvania]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 74,129.<ref>{{cite web|title=Census - Geography Profile: Somerset County, Pennsylvania|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Somerset_County,_Pennsylvania?g=0500000US42111|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 5, 2022}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Somerset, Pennsylvania|Somerset]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The county was created from part of [[Bedford County, Pennsylvania|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.{{efn|Includes Westmoreland, Cambria, Fayette, Blair, Indiana, Somerset, Bedford, Huntingdon, Greene and Fulton Counties}}

Somerset County comprises the Somerset, PA [[micropolitan statistical area]], which is included in the [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania|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, Pennsylvania|Shanksville]] after the flight's passengers struggled with [[Al-Qaeda]] hijackers for control of the plane, which terrorists intended to fly into either the [[United States Capitol|U.S. Capitol]] or the [[The White House|White House]].<ref name="Sources and detailed information">[https://www.nps.gov/flni/learn/historyculture/sources-and-detailed-information.htm "Sources and detailed information"], National Park Service website</ref>

The [[Somerset Amish Settlement|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, Pennsylvania|Meyersdale]] and [[Springs, Pennsylvania|Springs]].

==History==
===Founding===
[[File:Somerset County Courthouse.jpg|thumb|Somerset County Courthouse]]
Southwestern Pennsylvania began as a huge area called Cumberland County. As population increased, the area was split into smaller counties. Bedford County was formed from part from Cumberland in 1771 and is referred to as "Old Bedford County" and contained what are now 20 smaller counties. In 1773 part of Bedford County was split off to form Westmoreland County. In 1787 Bedford County was split in half with the northern part becoming Huntingdon County and the southern part remained as a smaller Bedford County. Somerset County was split off from the western part of Bedford County on April 17, 1795, and the new county's name was taken from [[Somerset]], [[England]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Espenshade|first=A. Howry|title=Pennsylvania Place Names|url=https://archive.org/details/pennsylvaniaplac00espe|year=1925|publisher=[[Pennsylvania State University|Pennsylvania State College]]|location=[[State College, Pennsylvania|State College, PA]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/pennsylvaniaplac00espe/page/52 52]}}</ref> In 1804 the northern half of Somerset County was split off to form [[Cambria County, Pennsylvania|Cambria County]]. No further splits from Somerset County have occurred since 1804.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mapgeeks.org/maps-of-pennsylvania/|title=State and County Maps of Pennsylvania|newspaper=MapGeeks.org|language=en-US|access-date=October 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328102834/https://mapgeeks.org/maps-of-pennsylvania/|archive-date=March 28, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Colonial era===
[[George Washington]] passed through the area of Somerset County on a scouting expedition in late 1753, just before the outbreak of the [[French and Indian War]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/french-indian-war/washington-and-the-french-indian-war/|title=Washington and the French & Indian War|website=George Washington's Mount Vernon|access-date=October 23, 2016}}</ref> The [[Forbes Road]] was cut through Somerset County several years later. This 200-mile stretch from Carlisle to what is now [[Pittsburgh]] was created by [[John Forbes (British Army officer)|Brigadier General John Forbes]] in the [[Forbes Expedition|British Expedition of 1758]] to capture the French [[Fort Duquesne]]. Forbes Road was one of two great western land routes cut through the wilderness to create supply lines from the east.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-7B|title=Forbes Road Historical Marker|publisher=explorepahistory.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150821081300/http://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-7B|archive-date=August 21, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was later the primary route of pioneers travelling to the [[Ohio Country]].

Fur trappers and hunters were first to stay in the region. The earliest permanent white settlement in what is now Somerset County is a region known as Turkeyfoot. People of "The Jersey Settlement" emigrated from [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex]] and [[Morris County, New Jersey|Morris]] Counties, New Jersey, about 1770.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pagenweb.org/~somerset/hbs/chapter4.htm|title=History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Chapter 4, Volume 2|website=www.pagenweb.org|access-date=October 23, 2016}}</ref>

===United Airlines Flight 93===
{{main|United Airlines Flight 93}}
Somerset County gained worldwide attention in 2001 when a hijacked airliner, [[United Airlines Flight 93]], crashed in [[Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Stonycreek Township]], near the town of [[Shanksville, Pennsylvania|Shanksville]] as part of the [[September 11 attacks]]. The first confirmed report of the plane's crash came from Somerset County Airport as reported on [[NBC]]'s ''[[The Today Show]]''.<ref>9/11/01:The Today Show</ref> The most likely target of this flight was the [[United States Capitol|U.S. Capitol]] in Washington, D.C. Flight 93's cockpit voice recorder revealed crew and passengers tried to seize control of the plane from the hijackers after learning through phone calls that Flights 11, 77, and 175 had been crashed into buildings that morning. Once it became evident that the passengers might gain control, the hijackers rolled the plane and intentionally crashed it. Their actions were honored and the crash site, which is the final resting place of the passengers and crew, is now protected as part of the [[Flight 93 National Memorial]], under the care of the National Park System. The [[USS Somerset (LPD-25)|USS ''Somerset'']], a [[U.S. Navy]] warship, was named in commemoration of the Flight 93 tragedy.<ref name="Sources and detailed information"/>

In July 2002, Somerset County again made worldwide news when nine [[coal]] miners were rescued from several hundred feet underground at the [[Quecreek Mine Rescue|Quecreek mine]] after an intense multi-day struggle.

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|1081|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1074|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|6.6|sqmi}} (0.6%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_42.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 10, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> Somerset County is one of the far southern counties of Pennsylvania, along its straight southern edge. The county borders Garrett and Allegany Counties in Maryland, and the Pennsylvania counties of Fayette, Westmoreland, Cambria, and Bedford. Somerset County is one of the 423 counties served by the [[Appalachian Regional Commission]],<ref name="ARC">{{cite web |title=About the Appalachian Region |url=https://www.arc.gov/about-the-appalachian-region/ |publisher=Appalachian Regional Commission |access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref> and it is identified as part of "Greater Appalachia" by Colin Woodard in his book ''[[American Nations|American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America]]''.<ref name="NYT_CW">{{cite news |last1=Woodard |first1=Colin |title=The Maps That Show That City vs. Country Is Not Our Political Fault Line |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/opinion/urban-rural-united-states-regions-midterms.html |work=New York Times |date=July 30, 2018 |access-date=30 July 2018}}</ref>

===Climate===
Somerset County along with [[Garrett County, Maryland|Garrett County]] is one of the snowiest inhabited locations in the United States, with the highest elevations of the county averaging 150+ inches of snow each winter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://garrettcountyweather.com/garrett-snow-climatology/|title=Why Does Garrett County Get So Much Snow? {{!}} Garrett County Weather|website=garrettcountyweather.com|language=en-US|access-date=February 26, 2018|archive-date=February 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226211839/http://garrettcountyweather.com/garrett-snow-climatology/|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{Citation needed|date=February 2009}} The county's elevation and general proximity to both the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean causes snow from both Nor'easters and [[lake effect snow|lake effect]] [[orographic precipitation|upslope]] snow events to fall from late October through early April. Snow has been recorded in Somerset County in every month except July, although local lore has it that even July saw snow in 1816, "[[the year without a summer]]." [[Mount Davis (Pennsylvania)|Mount Davis]], the highest natural point in the state of Pennsylvania at {{convert|3,213|ft|m}}, is located in the southern part of the county.

The county has a warm-summer [[humid continental climate]] (''Dfb'') and average monthly temperatures in Somerset borough range from 24.5&nbsp;°F in January to 67.1&nbsp;°F in July.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/ | title=PRISM Climate Group at Oregon State University }}</ref>

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===Adjacent counties===
*[[Cambria County, Pennsylvania|Cambria County]] (north)
*[[Bedford County, Pennsylvania|Bedford County]] (east)
*[[Allegany County, Maryland]] (southeast)
*[[Garrett County, Maryland]] (southwest)
*[[Fayette County, Pennsylvania|Fayette County]] (west)
*[[Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania|Westmoreland County]] (northwest)

===National protected area===
*[[Flight 93 National Memorial]]

===State protected areas===
*[[Kooser State Park]]
*[[Laurel Hill State Park]]
*[[Laurel Mountain State Park]]
*[[Laurel Ridge State Park]]

==Geology==
Somerset County is situated along the eastern border of the [[Allegheny Plateau]] [[United States physiographic region|physiographic province]], which is characterized by gently [[Fold (geology)|folded]] to flat-lying [[sedimentary rock]]s of middle to late [[Paleozoic]] age. The eastern border of the county is approximately at the [[Allegheny Front]], a geological boundary between the Allegheny Plateau and the [[Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians|Ridge and Valley]] Province (characterized by [[Fold (geology)|folded]] and [[Fault (geology)|faulted]] [[sedimentary rock]]s of early to middle Paleozoic age).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/maps/map13.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011116133635/http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/maps/map13.pdf |archive-date=November 16, 2001 |url-status=dead|title=Geology, Map 13|website=www.dcnr.state.pa.us|access-date=November 29, 2018}}</ref>

The [[Stratigraphy|stratigraphic record]] of sedimentary rocks within the county spans from the [[Devonian]] [[Scherr Formation]] to the [[Pennsylvanian (geology)|Pennsylvanian]] [[Virgilian series|Monongahela Formation]]. Most of these rocks are clastics ([[conglomerate (geology)|conglomerate]], [[sandstone]], [[shale]]), and there is little or no [[limestone]] exposed at the surface. No [[Igneous Rock|igneous]] or [[Metamorphic Rock|metamorphic]] rocks of any kind exist within the county.

[[Structural Geology|Structurally]], Somerset County has many gentle [[Fold (geology)|folds]], the axes of which trend roughly north-northeast. [[Syncline]]s include the Youghiogheny Syncline, New Lexington/Johnstown Syncline, Somerset Syncline, Berlin Syncline, and Wellersburg Syncline (called the George's Creek Syncline in Maryland). The southern end of Wilmore Syncline is at the town of Windber. [[Anticline]]s include the Laurel Hill Anticline, Centerville Dome, Boswell Dome, Negro Mountain Anticline, and an unnamed anticline between the Berlin and Wellersburg Synclines.

The primary mountains within the county are (from west to east) [[Laurel Hill (Pennsylvania)|Laurel Hill]] (which forms part of the western border), [[Negro Mountain]], Meadow Mountain, [[Savage Mountain]], and [[Allegheny Mountain (Pennsylvania)|Allegheny Mountain]]. Negro Mountain also includes [[Mount Davis (Pennsylvania)|Mount Davis]], the highest peak in Pennsylvania. Each mountain trends northeast.

All of Somerset County lies far to the south of the [[terminal moraine]], and thus it was never glaciated.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/maps/map59.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011116140157/http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/maps/map59.pdf |archive-date=November 16, 2001 |url-status=dead|title=Geology, Map 59|newspaper=Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources|access-date=November 29, 2018}}</ref> However, during the [[Pleistocene]] epoch (the Ice Age), [[periglacial]] processes dominated. Most of the county was most likely a [[tundra]] during the Pleistocene. [[Patterned ground]] typical of tundra is still visible at [[Mount Davis (Pennsylvania)|Mount Davis]], although it is somewhat obscured by vegetation.

The main drainages in southwestern Somerset county are the [[Casselman River]] and [[Laurel Hill Creek]] which flow into the [[Youghiogheny River]] along the southwest border. In the northwest, [[Stonycreek River]], [[Shade Creek]], and Quemahoning Creek (which flows into the [[Quemahoning Reservoir]]) are tributaries of the [[Conemaugh River]]. All these drainages are part of the [[Mississippi River]] Watershed. In the southeast, [[Wills Creek (North Branch Potomac River)|Wills Creek]] flows east into Bedford County and then into Maryland where it joins the [[Potomac River]]. Also, the headwaters of the [[Raystown Branch Juniata River|Raystown Branch of the Juniata River]] are to the east of the town of Somerset. Both the Potomac and Juniata rivers are part of the [[Chesapeake Bay]] Watershed.

[[Coal]] fields exist within Somerset County. The coal is entirely [[bituminous]], and much of it has been mined or is being mined by [[Surface mining|Strip mining]]. Most of the coal is within the Main Bituminous Field, which stretched north and west to adjacent counties and southward into Maryland and West Virginia. The rest is within the Georges Creek Field.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/maps/map11.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000918074050/http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/maps/map11.pdf |archive-date=September 18, 2000 |url-status=dead|title=Geology, Map 11|website=www.dcnr.state.pa.us|access-date=November 29, 2018}}</ref>

There are many abandoned mines in the county, and [[acid mine drainage]] is an environmental problem in many areas. Fishless streams exist as a result of the discharge from the abandoned mines. These include parts of the [[Casselman River]], [[Shade Creek]], [[Stonycreek River]], and Quemahoning Creek, as well as many of their tributaries.<ref>[http://bedford.sapdc.org/bedford/lib/bedford/AcidMineDrainage.pdf]{{dead link|date=December 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

There are many small, deep [[natural gas]] fields in the northwestern part of the county.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/maps/map10.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000918074027/http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/maps/map10.pdf |archive-date=September 18, 2000 |url-status=dead|title=Geology, Map 10|website=www.dcnr.state.pa.us|access-date=November 29, 2018}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1800= 10188
|1810= 11284
|1820= 13974
|1830= 17762
|1840= 19650
|1850= 24416
|1860= 26778
|1870= 28226
|1880= 33110
|1890= 37317
|1900= 49461
|1910= 67717
|1920= 82112
|1930= 80764
|1940= 84957
|1950= 81813
|1960= 77450
|1970= 76037
|1980= 81243
|1990= 78218
|2000= 80023
|2010= 77742
|2020= 74129
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 10, 2015}}</ref><br />1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=March 10, 2015}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/pa190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 24, 1995|access-date=March 10, 2015}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=March 10, 2015}}</ref> 2010–2017<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/42/42111.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811230601/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/42/42111.html|archive-date=August 11, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
2010-2020<ref>{{cite web |title=Census 2020 |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/somersetcountypennsylvania/PST045219}}</ref>
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 80,023 people, 31,222 households, and 22,042 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|74|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 37,163 housing units at an average density of {{convert|35|/mi2|/km2|adj=pre|units&nbsp;}}. The racial makeup of the county was 97.39% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 1.59% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.08% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.21% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.31% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.40% from two or more races. 0.66% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. 41.5% were of [[German people|German]], 10.4% [[United States|American]], 7.4% [[Italian people|Italian]], 6.4% [[Irish people|Irish]], 6.4% [[Polish people|Polish]] and 5.8% [[English people|English]] ancestry.

There were 31,222 households, out of which 29.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.30% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.40% were non-families. 26.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 22.30% under the age of 18, 7.60% from 18 to 24, 27.80% from 25 to 44, 24.30% from 45 to 64, and 18.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 99.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.90 males.

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Somerset County Racial Composition<ref>{{Cite web|title =P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Somerset County, Pennsylvania|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Somerset%20County,%20Pennsylvania&t=Race%20and%20Ethnicity&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (NH)
|69,044
|93.1%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (NH)
|1,860
|2.51%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] (NH)
|50
|0.1%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]] (NH)
|194
|0.26%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|7
|0.01%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]] (NH)
|1,934
|2.61%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|1,037
|1.4%
|}

==Micropolitan statistical area==
[[File:Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Johnstown and Somerset.svg|thumb|left|300px|Map of the '''Johnstown-Somerset, PA Combined Statistical Area''' ('''CSA'''), composed of the following parts:
{{legend|#FFFF00|[[Johnstown, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area]]}}
{{legend|#FF0000|Somerset, PA [[Micropolitan Statistical Area]]}}]]

The [[United States Office of Management and Budget|U.S. Office of Management and Budget]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb|title=Office of Management and Budget|work=The White House|access-date=November 29, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> has designated Somerset County as the Somerset, PA [[Micropolitan Statistical Area]] (MSA). As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 U.S. Census]]<ref name="census.gov">{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html|title=Decennial Census by Decades|website=www.census.gov|language=en-US|access-date=November 29, 2018}}</ref> the micropolitan area ranked 7th most populous in the State of Pennsylvania and the [[List of micropolitan statistical areas|77th most populous]] in the United States with a population of 77,742. Somerset County is also a part of the [[Johnstown-Somerset, PA Combined Statistical Area]] (CSA), which combines the population of both Somerset County and the [[Cambria County, Pennsylvania|Cambria County]] areas. The [[combined statistical area]] ranked 10th in the State of Pennsylvania and [[List of Combined Statistical Areas|130th most populous]] in the United States with a population of 221,421.

==Government and politics==
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{{PresRow|1888|Republican|4,825|2,319|238|Pennsylvania}}
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As of September 25, 2023, there are 47,835 registered voters in Somerset County.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dos.pa.gov/VotingElections/OtherServicesEvents/VotingElectionStatistics/Pages/VotingElectionStatistics.aspx |title=Voter registration statistics by county|website=www.dos.pa.gov|language=en-us}}</ref>

* [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]: 31,340 (65.52%)
* [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]: 11,715 (24.49%)
* [[Independent (United States)|Independent]]: 3,920 (8.19%)
* [[Third party (United States)|Third Party]]: 860 (1.80%)

===County commissioners===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Commissioners !! Party !! First Elected
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|Brian Fochtman, ''Chairman'' || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2023
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|Irvin Kimmel, ''Vice-Chairman'' || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2023
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Pamela Tokar-Ickes, ''Secretary'' || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || 2019
|}

===Other county offices===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Office !! Official !! Party !! First Elected
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|Clerk of Courts || Rose Svonavec || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2011
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|Prothonotary || C. Jeannie Custer || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2023 (acting)
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|Coroner || Cullen Swank || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2021
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|District Attorney || Molly Metzgar || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2023
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|Recorder of Deeds || Patricia Peifer || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2013 (appointed)
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|Register of Wills || Sharon Ackerman || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2003
|-{{Party shading/Vacant}}
|Sheriff || Dustin Weir
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|Treasurer || Tony DeLuca || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2021
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|Auditor || Jerry Lyons || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2003 (appointed)
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|Auditor || JoAnne Walls || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || 2015
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|Auditor || Shelley Glessner || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] || 2015
|}

===State Representatives<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/findyourlegislator/county_list.cfm?CNTYLIST=Somerset|title=Find Your Legislator|last=Center|first=Legislativate Data Processing|publisher=The official website for the Pennsylvania General Assembly.|language=en|access-date=September 6, 2019}}</ref>===
*[[Matthew D. Dowling]], Republican, [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 51|51st district]]
*[[Leslie Rossi (Pennsylvania politician)|Mike Reese]], Republican, [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 59|59th district]]
*[[Carl Walker Metzgar]], Republican, [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 69|69th district]]
*[[James Rigby]], Republican, [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 71|71st district]]

===State Senator<ref name=":0" />===
*[[Pat Stefano]], Republican, [[Pennsylvania Senate, District 32|32nd district]]

===United States Representative===
*[[John Joyce (American politician)|John Joyce]], Republican, [[Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district|13th district]]

===United States Senate===
*[[John Fetterman]], [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
*[[Dave McCormick]], [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]

===Pennsylvania State Police===
*Station Commander, Sergeant Stephen Adamczyk

==Education==

===Public school districts===
[[File:Map of Somerset County Pennsylvania School Districts.png|275px|thumb|right|Map of Somerset County, Pennsylvania School Districts]]
School districts include:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42111_somerset/DC20SD_C42111.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Somerset County, PA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-07-18}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42111_somerset/DC20SD_C42111_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>
* [[Berlin Brothersvalley School District]]
* [[Conemaugh Township Area School District]]
* [[Meyersdale Area School District]]
* [[North Star School District]]
* [[Rockwood Area School District]]
* [[Salisbury-Elk Lick School District]]
* [[Shade-Central City School District]]
* [[Shanksville-Stonycreek School District]]
* [[Somerset Area School District]]
* [[Turkeyfoot Valley Area School District]]
* [[Windber Area School District]] (also in Cambria County)

==Culture==
The Mountain Playhouse in [[Jennerstown, Pennsylvania]], was one of the nation's first "summer-stock" theaters. The Mountain Playhouse has maintained a full schedule of live theater productions nightly from May through October each year for the last sixty years.

Laurel Arts is one of the few, full-service arts centers in rural Pennsylvania. Centered in Somerset borough, it serves all of Somerset County through two locations: one at the Philip Dressler Center for the Arts, and the second, an Education and Dance Center located in the Georgian Place. Founded in 1976, Laurel Arts is a 501(c)(3) that offers art classes, music lessons and dance classes, as well as hosting exhibits by local and regional artists throughout the year.

The Rockwood Opera House is located in Rockwood, Pennsylvania. The building is a historic landmark restored to reflect original design from 1890. Since reopening, Rockwood Opera House has hosted dinner theater since 2000. Productions vary from Tribute Artists of classic performers to community theater.

==Communities==
[[File:Map of Somerset County Pennsylvania With Municipal and Township Labels.png|right|thumb|upright=1.1|Map of Somerset County, Pennsylvania with Municipal Labels showing Boroughs (red), Townships (white), and Census-designated places (blue).]]

Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated municipalities: [[List of cities in Pennsylvania|cities]], [[List of towns and boroughs in Pennsylvania|boroughs]], [[List of townships in Pennsylvania|townships]], and, in at most two cases, [[List of towns and boroughs in Pennsylvania#Towns|towns]]. The following boroughs and townships are located in Somerset County:

===Boroughs===
{{div col|colwidth=12em}}
*[[Addison, Pennsylvania|Addison]]
*[[Benson, Pennsylvania|Benson]]
*[[Berlin, Pennsylvania|Berlin]]
*[[Boswell, Pennsylvania|Boswell]]
*[[Callimont, Pennsylvania|Callimont]]
*[[Casselman, Pennsylvania|Casselman]]
*[[Central City, Pennsylvania|Central City]]
*[[Confluence, Pennsylvania|Confluence]]
*[[Garrett, Pennsylvania|Garrett]]
*[[Hooversville, Pennsylvania|Hooversville]]
*[[Indian Lake, Pennsylvania|Indian Lake]]
*[[Jennerstown, Pennsylvania|Jennerstown]]
*[[Meyersdale, Pennsylvania|Meyersdale]]
*[[New Baltimore, Pennsylvania|New Baltimore]]
*[[New Centerville, Pennsylvania|New Centerville]]
*[[Paint, Pennsylvania|Paint]]
*[[Rockwood, Pennsylvania|Rockwood]]
*[[Salisbury, Pennsylvania|Salisbury]]
*[[Seven Springs, Pennsylvania|Seven Springs]] (partly in [[Fayette County, Pennsylvania|Fayette County]])
*[[Shanksville, Pennsylvania|Shanksville]]
*[[Somerset, Pennsylvania|Somerset]] (county seat)
*[[Stoystown, Pennsylvania|Stoystown]]
*[[Ursina, Pennsylvania|Ursina]]
*[[Wellersburg, Pennsylvania|Wellersburg]]
*[[Windber, Pennsylvania|Windber]]
{{div col end}}

===Townships===
{{div col|colwidth=12em}}
*[[Addison Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Addison]]
*[[Allegheny Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny]]
*[[Black Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Black]]
*[[Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Brothersvalley]]
*[[Conemaugh Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Conemaugh]]
*[[Elk Lick Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Elk Lick]]
*[[Fairhope Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Fairhope]]
*[[Greenville Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Greenville]]
*[[Jefferson Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Jefferson]]
*[[Jenner Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Jenner]]
*[[Larimer Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Larimer]]
*[[Lincoln Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Lincoln]]
*[[Lower Turkeyfoot Township, Pennsylvania|Lower Turkeyfoot]]
*[[Middlecreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Middlecreek]]
*[[Milford Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Milford]]
*[[Northampton Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Northampton]]
*[[Ogle Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Ogle]]
*[[Paint Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Paint]]
*[[Quemahoning Township, Pennsylvania|Quemahoning]]
*[[Shade Township, Pennsylvania|Shade]]
*[[Somerset Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Somerset]]
*[[Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Southampton]]
*[[Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Stonycreek]]
*[[Summit Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Summit]]
*[[Upper Turkeyfoot Township, Pennsylvania|Upper Turkeyfoot]]
{{div col end}}

===Census-designated places===
[[Census-designated place]]s are geographical areas designated by the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]] for the purposes of compiling demographic data. They are not actual jurisdictions under Pennsylvania law. Other [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] communities, such as villages, may be listed here as well.

*[[Cairnbrook, Pennsylvania|Cairnbrook]]
*[[Davidsville, Pennsylvania|Davidsville]]
*[[Edie, Pennsylvania|Edie]]
*[[Friedens, Pennsylvania|Friedens]]
*[[Jerome, Pennsylvania|Jerome]]

===Unincorporated communities===
*[[Acosta, Pennsylvania|Acosta]]
*[[Deal, Pennsylvania|Deal]]
*[[Gray, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Gray]]
*[[Jenners, Pennsylvania|Jenners]]
*[[Markleton, Pennsylvania|Markleton]]
*[[Springs, Pennsylvania|Springs]]

===Population ranking===
The population ranking of the following table is based on the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]] of Somerset County.<ref name="census.gov" />

'''†''' ''county seat''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Rank
!City/Town/etc.
!Municipal type
!Population (2010 Census)
|- style="background-color:#FFEEF0;"
| 1
|'''[[Somerset, Pennsylvania|Somerset]]'''
| Township
| 12,122
|- style="background-color:#FFEEF0;"
| 2
|'''[[Conemaugh Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Conemaugh]]'''
| Township
| 7,452
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
| 3
|'''†''' '''[[Somerset, Pennsylvania|Somerset]]'''
| Borough
| 6,277
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
| 4
| '''[[Windber, Pennsylvania|Windber]]'''
| Borough
| 4,683
|- style="background-color:#FFEEF0;"
| 5
| '''[[Brothersvalley, Pennsylvania|Brothersvalley]]'''
| Township
| 4,184
|- style="background-color:#FFEEF0;"
| 6
| '''[[Jenner, Pennsylvania|Jenner]]'''
| Township
| 4,054
|- style="background-color:#FFEEF0;"
| 7
| '''[[Paint, Pennsylvania|Paint]]'''
| Township
| 3,300
|- style="background-color:#FFEEF0;"
| 8
| '''[[Shade, Pennsylvania|Shade]]'''
| Township
| 2,886
|- style="background-color:#FFEEF0;"
| 9
| '''[[Summit, Pennsylvania|Summit]]'''
| Township
| 2,368
|- style="background-color:#FFEEF0;"
| 10
| '''[[Elk Lick, Pennsylvania|Elk Lick]]'''
| Township
| 2,293
|- style="background-color:#FFEEF0;"
| 11
| '''[[Stonycreek, Pennsylvania|Stonycreek]]'''
| Township
| 2,237
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
| 12
| '''[[Meyersdale, Pennsylvania|Meyersdale]]'''
| Borough
| 2,184
|- style="background-color:#FFEEF0;"
| 13
| '''[[Quemahoning, Pennsylvania|Quemahoning]]'''
| Township
| 2,180
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
| 14
| '''[[Berlin, Pennsylvania|Berlin]]'''
| Borough
| 2,104
|- style="background-color:#FFEEF0;"
| 15
| '''[[Lincoln, Pennsylvania|Lincoln]]'''
| Township
| 1,669
|- style="background-color:#FFEEF0;"
| 16
| '''[[Milford Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Milford Twp]]'''
| Township
| 1,561
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 17
| '''[[Friedens, Pennsylvania|Friedens]]'''
| CDP
| 1,523
|- style="background-color:#FFEEF0;"
| 18
| '''[[Jefferson Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Jefferson]]'''
| Township
| 1,375
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
| 19
| '''[[Boswell, Pennsylvania|Boswell]]'''
| Borough
| 1,277
|- style="background-color:#FFEEF0;"
| 20
| '''[[Lower Turkeyfoot, Pennsylvania|Lower Turkeyfoot]]'''
| Township
| 1,232
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 21
| '''[[Davidsville, Pennsylvania|Davidsville]]'''
| CDP
| 1,130
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
| 22
| '''[[Central City, Pennsylvania|Central City]]'''
| Borough
| 1,124
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
| 23
| '''[[Paint, Pennsylvania|Paint]]'''
| Borough
| 1,023
|- style="background-color:#FFEEF0;"
| 24
| '''[[Addison, Pennsylvania|Addison]]'''
| Township
| 1,019
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 25
| '''[[Jerome, Pennsylvania|Jerome]]'''
| CDP
| 1,017
|- style="background-color:#FFEEF0;"
| 26
| '''[[Black, Pennsylvania|Black]]'''
| Township
| 980
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
| 27
| '''[[Rockwood, Pennsylvania|Rockwood]]'''
| Borough
| 890
|- style="background-color:#FFEEF0;"
| 28
| '''[[Middlecreek, Pennsylvania|Middlecreek]]'''
| Township
| 797
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
| 29
| '''[[Confluence, Pennsylvania|Confluence]]'''
| Borough
| 780
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
| 30
| '''[[Salisbury, Pennsylvania|Salisbury]]'''
| Borough
| 727
|- style="background-color:#FFEEF0;"
| 31
| '''[[Greenville, Pennsylvania|Greenville]]'''
| Township
| 718
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
| 32
| '''[[Jennerstown, Pennsylvania|Jennerstown]]'''
| Borough
| 695
|- style="background-color:#FFEEF0;"
| 33
| '''[[Lower Turkeyfoot, Pennsylvania|Lower Turkeyfoot]]'''
| Township
| 672
|- style="background-color:#FFEEF0;"
| 34
| '''[[Southampton, Pennsylvania|Southampton]]'''
| Township
| 655
|- style="background-color:#FFEEF0;"
| 35
| '''[[Allegheny, Pennsylvania|Allegheny]]'''
| Township
| 654
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
| 36
| '''[[Hooversville, Pennsylvania|Hooversville]]'''
| Borough
| 645
|- style="background-color:#FFEEF0;"
| 37
| '''[[Larimer, Pennsylvania|Larimer]]'''
| Township
| 590
|- style="background-color:#FFEEF0;"
| 38
| '''[[Ogle, Pennsylvania|Ogle]]'''
| Township
| 588
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 39
| '''[[Cairnbrook, Pennsylvania|Cairnbrook]]'''
| CDP
| 520
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
| 40
| '''[[Garrett, Pennsylvania|Garrett]]'''
| Borough
| 456
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
| 41
| '''[[Indian Lake, Pennsylvania|Indian Lake]]'''
| Borough
| 394
|- style="background-color:#FFEEF0;"
| 42
| '''[[Northampton, Pennsylvania|Northampton]]'''
| Township
| 366
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
| 43
| '''[[Stoystown, Pennsylvania|Stoystown]]'''
| Borough
| 355
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
| 44
| '''[[Shanksville, Pennsylvania|Shanksville]]'''
| Borough
| 237
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
| 45
| '''[[Ursina, Pennsylvania|Ursina]]'''
| Borough
| 225
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
| 46
| '''[[Addison, Pennsylvania|Addison]]'''
| Borough
| 207
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
| 47
| '''[[Benson, Pennsylvania|Benson]]'''
| Borough
| 191
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
| 48
| '''[[Wellersburg, Pennsylvania|Wellersburg]]'''
| Borough
| 181
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
| 49
| '''[[New Baltimore, Pennsylvania|New Baltimore]]'''
| Borough
| 180
|- style="background-color:#FFEEF0;"
| 50
| '''[[Fairhope, Pennsylvania|Fairhope]]'''
| Township
| 137
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
| 51
| '''[[New Centerville, Pennsylvania|New Centerville]]'''
| Borough
| 133
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
| 52
| '''[[Casselman, Pennsylvania|Casselman]]'''
| Borough
| 94
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 53
| '''[[Edie, Pennsylvania|Edie]]'''
| CDP
| 83
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
| 54
| '''[[Callimont, Pennsylvania|Callimont]]'''
| Borough
| 41
|- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;"
| 55
| '''[[Seven Springs, Pennsylvania|Seven Springs]]''' (''partially in [[Fayette County, Pennsylvania|Fayette County]]'')
| Borough
| 26
|}

==Notable people==
* [[Jeremiah S. Black]], [[Attorney General of the United States]] (1857–1860) and [[U.S. Secretary of State]] (1860–1861), under President [[James Buchanan]];
* Transportation pioneer [[George Chorpenning]].
* [[Alexander Hamilton Coffroth]] (1828–1906), 19th-century Democratic U.S. Representative and Abraham Lincoln's final pallbearer to die
* [[Larry Critchfield]] (1908–1965), [[NFL]] player
* [[Joseph Darby]], former [[US Army]] sergeant who was the first soldier to take official action against suspected and later confirmed [[Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse|mistreatment of prisoners]] by other soldiers in [[Abu Ghraib]]
* [[Joseph F. Loy]], Wisconsin state senator and lawyer
* [[Howard Shultz Miller]], [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Kansas]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000729|title=MILLER, Howard Shultz, (1879–1970)|dictionary= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=October 14, 2012}}</ref>
* Comedian and podcasting pioneer Keith Malley, co-host of the [[Keith and The Girl]] podcast
* [[Edwin S. Porter]], silent movie director most famous for ''[[The Great Train Robbery (1903 film)|The Great Train Robbery]]''
* [[Joseph C. Pringey]], [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Oklahoma]]
* [[Rip Engle]], head football coach at [[Brown University]] (1944-1949) and [[Penn State Nittany Lions football|Penn State]] University (1950-1965)

==See also==
*[[Cambria Somerset Authority]] – Water supply authority for Cambria County and Somerset County
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerset County, Pennsylvania]]
*[[Flight 93 National Memorial]] – unit of the National Park System that protects the crash site of Flight 93 which is the final resting place of the passengers and crew.

==References==
{{Notelist}}{{Reflist}}

;Community Festivals
*[http://www.pamaplefestival.com/ Pennsylvania Maple Festival, Meyersdale, March]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060907083627/http://www.ncrvfc.com/jubilee.html Farmers and Threshermens Jubilee, Rockwood, September]
*[http://www.springspa.org/ Springs Folk Festival, Springs, October]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160724222654/http://www.somersethistoricalcenter.org/mountain_days.html Mountain Craft Days, Somerset, September]

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.co.somerset.pa.us/ Somerset County government]

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