Somerset County, Pennsylvania

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Formed April 17, 1795; named for Somerset, England. Chief industries are agriculture and mining. A mountain country of remarkable beauty, largely forests, although glades, or natural meadows, about the headwaters of streams are numerous and extensive enough to have the name, "The Glades," applied to the whole county.

As of 2010, the population was 77,742. Somerset county was created from part of Bedford County. Its county seat is Somerset.It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area.Somerset County is one of the snowiest inhabited locations in the United States, with the highest elevations of the county averaging 200+ inches of snow each winter

www.co.somerset.pa.us/
www.somersetcountychamber.com/
www.livingplaces.com/PA/Somerset_County.html
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_County,_Pennsylvania
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Coordinates:   40°0'12"N   79°2'16"W
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