Somerset, Pennsylvania This article is about the Pennsylvania borough.
Somerset, Pennsylvania .
Somerset, Pennsylvania Somerset County Courthouse Somerset County Courthouse Somerset, Pennsylvania is positioned in Pennsylvania Somerset, Pennsylvania State Pennsylvania County Somerset Somerset / s m rs t/ is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States.
The populace was 6,277 at the 2010 census. The borough is surrounded by Somerset Township.
It is the governmental center of county of Somerset County. Somerset is just off Exit 110 of the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-70 and I-76).
Somerset is the principal town/city of the Somerset, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area, and is also one of two cities, the other being Johnstown, that make up the larger Johnstown-Somerset, PA Combined Statistical Area.
The Somerset County Courthouse and Uptown Somerset Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Somerset is positioned at 40 0 25 N 79 4 53 W (40.006920, -79.081297). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the borough has a total region of 2.7 square miles (7.0 km2), all of it land.
Somerset has the ninth-highest altitude of suburbs in Pennsylvania, at 2,190 feet (670 m) above sea level. Somerset has a humid continental climate that is affected by the high elevation, rendering them colder much of the winter than Altoona, Johnstown, or State College, despite being well south of either locale and quite similar to those seen in northern Pennsylvania, although the average winter high temperatures are a bit higher.
Somerset holds the June and November record lows for the state of Pennsylvania.
Somerset is also the only place in Pennsylvania to receive accumulations of snow in June (other places received a partial dusting at most) when they received 3 inches of snow from the same polar front that caused them to drop to 20 degrees on June 10, 1913, and due to the arctic air, it was powdery snow that was photographed being swept off porches with brooms.
That same cold snap brought snow to many other Pennsylvania communities, especially in the northern counties.
Climate data for Somerset Average high F ( C) 31 As of the census of 2000, there were 6,762 citizens , 3,035 homeholds, and 1,717 families residing in the borough.
There were 3,035 homeholds out of which 26.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 40.5% were married couples living together, 12.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 43.4% were non-families.
The average homehold size was 2.12 and the average family size was 2.82.
In the borough the populace was spread out with 21.9% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 21.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the borough was $29,050, and the median income for a family was $41,831.
About 7.8% of families and 11.6% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 15.7% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over.
Somerset was a central stage for the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794.
Several rebellion leaders, including Harmon Husband, lived in Somerset.
In July 2002, nine miners were trapped for 77 hours, 240 feet (73 m) underground, by flooding in the Quecreek coal mine, just outside Somerset.
Somerset Crater on Mars is titled after Somerset.
Somerset is provided with small-town coverage from both the Johnstown and Pittsburgh markets The borough is served by the Somerset Area School District.
Peter School (K-8), Apostolic Christian Academy (K-12) and Somerset Christian School .
Somerset Christian School is positioned at the Somerset Alliance Church.
Black, Attorney General of the United States (1857 1860) and U.S.
Highest Elevation of Towns in Pennsylvania "Monthly Averages for Somerset, PA".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
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