New Somerset is an
unincorporated community
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in northern
Knox Township,
Jefferson County,
Ohio
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,
United States
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. It lies south of
Hammondsville along
State Route 213.
New Somerset is part of the
Weirton–Steubenville,
WV-OH
Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Baltzer Culp was one of the first white settlers in the township, arriving in 1800. He laid out New Somerset in February 1816, making it the oldest community in the township.
It was originally laid out with lots measuring by and streets wide.
[ The first church was established in 1836 by Rev. Joshua Monroe at the north end of the community, and a second in 1840.][ A post office called New Somerset was established on April 10, 1851,][ The community slowly faded over time, and the post office was ultimately discontinued on December 14, 1907.][
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Geography
New Somerset is located approximately south of Hammondsville, north of Steubenville, and about east of Holt. It is a little over southeast of the Yellow Creek, a small tributary
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of the Ohio River
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, which itself is located to the east of New Somerset.[DeLorme, ''Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer'', 7th ed., Yarmouth, Maine, 2004, pp. 53, 63. ]
References
Unincorporated communities in Jefferson County, Ohio
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