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Somerset County

county in Maryland, United States
AdministrativeArea county_of_maryland Q511135
Somerset County
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Summary

Somerset County is a county of Maryland[1]. It draws 777 Wikipedia views per month (county of maryland category, ranking #21 of 23).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Maryland[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Princess Anne[5]
  • Shares border with: Accomack County[6], Wicomico County[7], Worcester County[8], Dorchester County[9], St. Mary's County[10]
  • Named after: Mary, Lady Somerset[11]
  • Flag: flag of Somerset County, Maryland[12]
  • Commons category: Somerset County, Maryland[13]
  • Inception: 1666[14]
  • Coordinate location: 38.08, -75.86[15]
  • Official website: http://www.co.somerset.md.us[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Somerset County, Maryland[17]
  • Population: 26,470[18], 26,488[19], 26,344[20], 26,206[21], 26,273[22], 25,768[23], 24,620[24]
  • Category for people born here: Q28651944[25]
  • Number of households: 8509[26]
  • Native label: Somerset County[27]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C108899[28]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Somerset County, Maryland[29]
  • Different from: Somerset County[30]
  • Area: 1582[31]
  • Water as percent of area: 48[32]
  • School district: Somerset County Public Schools[33]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Somerset County, Maryland[34]
  • Per capita income: 19,507[35]
  • P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Somerset County, Maryland.tab[36]

Why It Matters

Somerset County has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Related Entities

Maryland United States University of Maryland Eastern Shore

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Somerset County, Ma
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Somerset County, Maryland.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presiden"
  2. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 00050519
    Taxonomicon id → 1806076
    Umls cui → C3813220
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  3. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Category for people born here → Q28651944
    Number of households → {'amount': '+8509'}
    Named after → —
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C108899, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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