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Somerset County, Pennsylvania

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1newspaper titles

0digitized titles

33historic places

1973earliest paper

1795formed

74,129pop. 2020

30cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 1 newspaper title published in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, with the earliest starting in 1973. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 33 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1978. Most listings are in or near Somerset, Meyersdale, Stoystown Borough.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Somerset

Library of Congress

1 newspaper title

Title	Place	Years
American Dollar Saver	Somerset	1973–1974

Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.

Coverage timeline

Newspapers

Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.

19701984199820122026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

19 of 33 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

33 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Barronvale Bridge	Somerset	Structure	1980
Beechdale Bridge	Berlin	Structure	1980
Bollman, W., and Company Bridge	Meyersdale	Structure	1978
Boswell Historic District	Boswell	District	1994
Bridge in Jenner Township	Pilltown	Structure	1988
Cairnbrook Historic District	Cairnbrook	District	1994
Flight 93 National Memorial	Stonycreek Township	Object	2002
Fort Dewart	Allegheny Township	Site	2021
Glessner Bridge	Shanksville	Structure	1980
Hair, Matthew, Farm	Hollsopple	District	1996
Hite House	Stoystown Borough	Building	1998
King's Bridge	Somerset	Structure	1980
Kooser State Park Family Cabin District	Jefferson	District	1987
Laurel Hill RDA	Somerset	District	1987
Lower Humbert Bridge	Ursina	Structure	1980
Miller's Store	Trent	Building	1992
New Baltimore Bridge	New Baltimore	Structure	1980
New Colonial Hotel	Meyersdale	Building	2005
Packsaddle Bridge	Glen Savage	Structure	1980
Petersburg Tollhouse	Addison	Building	1979
Second National Bank of Meyersdale	Meyersdale	Building	2002
Shade Furnace Archeological District	Reitz	District	2008
Shaffer's Bridge	Tire Hill	Structure	1980
Somerset County Courthouse	Somerset	Building	1980
Stoystown Historic District	Stoystown Borough	District	2001
Trostletown Bridge	Stoystown	Structure	1980
Uptown Somerset Historic District	Somerset	District	1995
Uptown Somerset Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Somerset	District	1997
Wable-Augustine Tavern	Addison	Building	1995
Walter's Mill Bridge	Somerset	Structure	1980
Windber Historic District	Windber	District	1991
Wolf, Penrose, Building	Rockwood	Building	2002
Zimmerman, Daniel B., Mansion	Somerset	Building	1995

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Somerset was formed in 1795 (1795-04-17) from Bedford.

SOMERSET created from BEDFORD.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Somerset County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
10,188	13,974	19,650	26,778	33,110	49,461	82,112	84,957	81,813	77,450	81,243	80,023	74,129

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Flight 93 National Memorial	National Memorial	14.2 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

30 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 30 of 30 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Brotherton Pike Cemetery	39.97014	-78.95459
Calvary Cemetery	40.19485	-79.0318
Crossroads Cemetery	39.8082	-79.32986
Custer Community Cemetery	40.20179	-78.91823
Fritz Lutheran Cemetery	39.86317	-79.01163
Garrett Cemetery	39.87063	-79.05613
Highland Cemetery	39.86763	-79.06097
Hoffman Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery	40.11887	-79.05558
Husband Cemetery	40.01479	-79.08391
Kaufman Cemetery	40.23504	-78.92885
Lebanon Cemetery	39.85078	-78.89146
Lichty Cemetery	40.055	-79.0629
Listie Catholic Cemetery	40.01702	-79.0067
Mount Carmel Cemetery	40.15542	-79.05315
Mount Zion - Hays Cemetery	39.87487	-78.9734
Old Paddytown Cemetery	39.85007	-79.28172
Pleasant Hill Brethren Cemetery	39.96659	-79.13835
Reformed Cemetery	39.81815	-79.01665
Saint John Cantius Catholic Church Cemetery	40.24462	-78.83573
Saint Johns Centennial United Brethren Cemetery	39.98873	-79.09043
Saint Josephs Cemetery	40.11562	-79.01383
Saint Mary Roman Catholic Hungarian Church Cemetery	40.24447	-78.83403
Saint Mary's Polish National Cemetery	40.15271	-79.03995
Saint Stanislaus Cemetery	40.15556	-79.02797
Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery	40.18644	-79.02805
Turney Cemetery	39.73511	-79.33528
Union Cemetery	39.8071	-79.0239
Union Cemetery	40.01109	-79.08017
Walker Cemetery	40.01315	-78.89779
Weller Cemetery	40.04282	-79.09897

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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