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Somerset County is one of America's oldest counties, and is named after the English county of Somerset. The area was first settled in 1681, in the vicinity of Bound Brook, and the county was established by charter on May 22, 1688. Most of the early residents were Dutch. General George Washington and his troops marched through the county on several occasions and slept in many of the homes located throughout the area. Somerset County also played an important part during both World War I and World War II with weapons depots and the manufacturing of the army's woolen blankets.
Adjacent Counties
Municipalities
Bedminster Township - Lamington, Pluckemin, Pottersville
Bernards Township - Basking Ridge, Liberty Corner, Lyons
Bernardsville
Bound Brook
Branchburg Township - Neshanic Station, North Branch
Bridgewater Township - Bradley Gardens, Finderne CDP, Green Knoll, Martinsville
Far Hills
Franklin Township - Blackwells Mills CDP, Clyde CDP, East Franklin CDP, East Millstone CDP, East Rocky Hill CDP, Franklin Center CDP, Franklin Park CDP, Griggstown CDP, Kingston CDP, Middlebush CDP, Pleasant Plains CDP, Rockingham, Six Mile Run CDP, Somerset CDP, Ten Mile Run CDP, Voorhees CDP, Weston CDP, Zarephath CDP
Greenbrook Township
Hillsborough Township - Amwell, Cloverhill, Flagtown, Neshanic, South Branch, Zion
Manville
Millstone
Montgomery Township - Amwell, Belle Mead, Blawenburg, Dutchtown, Harlingen, Skillman, Stoutsburg, Zion
North Plainfield
Peapack-Gladstone
Rariton
Rocky Hill
Somerville
South Bound Brook
Warren Township
Watchung
Cemeteries
Links
National Register of Historic Places
Somerset County Historical Society
