Somerset County
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Maryland
- Founded
- August 22, 1666
- Named after
- Mary, Lady Somerset
- Seat
- Princess Anne
- Largest town
- Princess Anne
- Total
- 610.35 sq mi (1,580.8 km )
- Land
- 319.75 sq mi (828.1 km )
- Water
- 290.60 sq mi (752.7 km )
- Estimate 2025
- 24,973
- Density
- 77.00/sq mi (29.73/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .somersetmd .us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Somerset County is the southernmost county in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 24,620, making it the second-least populous county in Maryland. The county seat is Princess Anne. The county is part of the Lower Eastern Shore region of the state.
The county was named for Mary, Lady Somerset, the wife of Sir John Somerset and daughter of Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour (c. 1560–1639). She was also the sister of Anne Calvert, Baroness Baltimore (1615–1649), who later lent her name to Anne Arundel County, which was erected in 1650 as the Province of Maryland's third county.