Somerset Township is a

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in Mercer County, in the

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. Somerset Township was established in 1857, and named after an old variant name of the community of

Cleopatra, Missouri Cleopatra is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. History Cleopatra was originally called Somerset, and under the latter name was plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, ...

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