Somerset is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
El Dorado County
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,
California
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.
It is located south of
Camino,
at an elevation of .
Its
ZIP Code is 95684.
Somerset is a rural town located at the junction of Bucks Bar Road, Grizzly Flat Road, and Mount Aukum Road.
Most of the land in the Somerset area is divided into ten acre properties. The main roads are asphalt but almost all of the other roads and driveways are dirt/rock.
The main business in the area comes from the many boutique wineries and wine tourism.
The post office was transferred from Youngs to Somerset in 1950.
The first settlers came from
Somerset, Ohio and named the place after their hometown.
References
Unincorporated communities in California
Unincorporated communities in El Dorado County, California
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