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Somerset County

county in New Jersey, United States
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Somerset County

Summary

Somerset County is a county of New Jersey[1]. It draws 310 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_new_jersey category, ranking #8 of 21).[2]

Key Facts

  • Somerset County is located in New Jersey[3].
  • Somerset County is in the country of United States[4].
  • Somerset County's instance of is recorded as county of New Jersey[5].
  • Somerset County's capital is recorded as Somerville[6].
  • Somerset County's shares border with is recorded as Morris County[7].
  • Somerset County's shares border with is recorded as Union County[8].
  • Somerset County's shares border with is recorded as Middlesex County[9].
  • Somerset County's shares border with is recorded as Mercer County[10].
  • Somerset County's shares border with is recorded as Hunterdon County[11].
  • Somerset is named after Somerset County[12].
  • Somerset County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Somerville[13].
  • Somerset County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Raritan[14].
  • Somerset County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as South Bound Brook[15].
  • Somerset County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Far Hills[16].
  • Somerset County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Rocky Hill[17].
  • Somerset County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Peapack-Gladstone[18].
  • Somerset County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Millstone[19].
  • Somerset County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Branchburg[20].
  • Somerset County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Green Brook Township[21].
  • Somerset County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Warren[22].
  • Somerset County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Bridgewater Township[23].
  • Somerset County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Montgomery Township[24].
  • Somerset County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Bernards Township[25].
  • Somerset County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Hillsborough[26].
  • Somerset County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Franklin Township[27].

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Founding

1688 marks the founding of Somerset County[28].

Why It Matters

Somerset County draws 310 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_new_jersey category, ranking #8 of 21).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

New Jersey United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Morris County, Union County, Middlesex County +2
    Located in time zone → Eastern Time Zone
    Named after → Somerset
    Aliases → —
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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