Official Name: | Somerset, Indiana |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Label: | Somerset |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Wabash |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Waltz |
Area Total Km2: | 2.13 |
Area Land Km2: | 1.76 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 385 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 40.6694°N -85.8314°W |
Elevation Ft: | 787 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 46940 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-70524[1] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2631626 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.82 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.37 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.68 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.14 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 565.35 |
Population Density Km2: | 218.39 |
Somerset is an unincorporated census-designated place in Waltz Township, Wabash County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
The post office at Somerset has been in operation since 1848.[3] An old variant name of the community was called Springfield.[4]
Somerset was relocated when the Mississinewa dam was created. The original Somerset was located near the dam, and is now underwater.