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Somerville

county seat of Somerset County, New Jersey

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Country: United States
State: New Jersey
County: Somerset
Incorporated: March 25, 1863 (as town)
Reincorporated: April 16, 1909 (as borough)
Named after: Somerset , England
Type: Borough
Body: Borough Council
Mayor: Brian Gallagher ( R , term ends December 31, 2027)
Administrator municipal clerk: Kevin Sluka
Total: 2.37 sq mi (6.13 km )
Land: 2.34 sq mi (6.05 km )
Water: 0.027 sq mi (0.07 km ) 1.18%
Rank: 384th of 565 in state, 16th of 21 in county
Elevation: 62 ft (19 m)
Estimate 2024: 14,428
Density: 5,280.6/sq mi (2,038.9/km )
Time zone: UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )

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Somerville is a borough in and the county seat of Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The borough is located in the heart of the Raritan Valley region within the New York Metropolitan Area, located about 33 miles (53 km) from Manhattan and 20 miles (32 km) from Staten Island. The borough has grown to become a commercial hub for Central Jersey and commuter town of New York City.

As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 12,346, an increase of 248 (+2.0%) from the 2010 census count of 12,098, which in turn reflected a decline of 325 (-2.6%) from the 12,423 counted in the 2000 census.