Somers is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) comprising the primary village in the town of Somers,

Tolland County Tolland County is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Connecticut. As of the 2020 census, its population was 149,788. It is incorporated into 13 towns and was originally formed on 13 October 1785 from portions of eastern H ...

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. As of the

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, the Somers CDP had a population of 1,990, out of 10,255 in the town of Somers.

History

The

Somers Historic District The Somers Historic District encompasses the historic civic and social center of the town of Somers, Connecticut. It stretches along Main Street, with extensions along Springfield Road and Battle Street, and includes a significant number of vern ...

occupies at the center of the village. Most of the buildings are early 19th-century residences, with

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or Greek Revival style, although there are a selection of later 19th-century styles represented as well. The older properties are largely clustered in three places: on Springfield Road near Main, the eastern end of Main Street, and the area just west of where the modern (constructed in 1950)

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stands. and

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Tolland County, Connecticut Census-designated places in Connecticut