Somerset, California

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Coordinates: 38°38′52″N 120°41′09″W / 38.64778°N 120.68583°W / 38.64778; -120.68583

Somerset
Unincorporated community
Somerset
Location in California
Coordinates: 38°38′52″N 120°41′09″W / 38.64778°N 120.68583°W / 38.64778; -120.68583
Country United States
State California
County El Dorado County
Elevation[1] 2,093 ft (638 m)

Somerset is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California.[1] It is located 6.25 miles (10 km) south of Camino,[2] at an elevation of 2093 feet (638 m).[1] Its ZIP code is 95684.

A post office was transferred from Youngs to Somerset in 1950.[2] The first settlers came from Somerset, Ohio and named the place after their home town.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Somerset, California
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 558. ISBN 9781884995149. 
Municipalities and communities of El Dorado County, California, United States
Cities
CDPs
Unincorporated
communities
Former
settlements
Footnotes
‡This CDP also has portions in an adjacent county or counties


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