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It also includes a chapter on political economy related to the narrow margin of British food supplies, in view of the outbreak of war with France in 1793, and mentions developments on the Somerset coalfield. [1] His General View of the Agriculture of the County of Somerset divided the county into three districts- north-east, middle and south-west.
Somerset (/ ˈ s ʌ m ər s ɛ t / SUM-ər-set) is a borough in and the county seat of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. [3] The population was 6,046 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] The borough is surrounded by Somerset Township and is located off of the Pennsylvania Turnpike ( I-70 and I-76 ).
General View of the Agriculture of Somerset. The General View series of county surveys was an initiative of the Board of Agriculture of Great Britain, of the early 1790s. Many of these works had second editions in the 1810s. The Board, set up by Sir John Sinclair, was generally a proponent of enclosures. [1]
This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Somerset County, Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). The locations of the historical markers, as well as the latitude and longitude coordinates as provided by the PHMC's database, are included below when available.
A farmstead in Perry Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.. Agriculture is a major industry in the U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania. [1] As of the most recent United States Census of Agriculture conducted in 2017, there were 53,157 farms in Pennsylvania, covering an area of 7,278,668 acres (2,945,572 hectares) with an average size of 137 acres (55 hectares) per farm. [2]
Somerset County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.As of the 2020 census, the population was 74,129. [1] Its county seat is Somerset. [2] The county was created from part of Bedford County on April 17, 1795, and named after the county of Somerset in England.
The 1830s Farmstead at the Somerset Historical Center. The Somerset Historical Center is a rural history museum for the southwestern part of the U.S. State of Pennsylvania and is 4 miles (6 km) north of Somerset. The museum is part of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on National Register of Historic Places in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.