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The city of Somerset is located in Bexar County.
Somerset is 190 feet [57.91 m] above sea level.<1>
Time Zone: Somerset lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.
Communities that are also named Somerset can be found in:
At the time of the 2000 Census, Somerset had a population of 1,550 people<3> (or 0.11% of the total population of Bexar County).
From the Census Estimates for 2008, Somerset had a population of 1,840 people. This is an increase of 18.71% since the 2000 Census.
The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Somerset.
| Year | Population | Change Since 2000 | Year-to-Year Change |
| 2008 | 1,840 | +18.71% | +1.1% since 2007 |
| 2007 | 1,820 | +17.42% | +1.62% since 2006 |
| 2006 | 1,791 | +15.55% | +1.07% since 2005 |
| 2005 | 1,772 | +14.32% | |
| --- | | | | 2000 | 1,550 | The Last Census |
The following is a sample of nearby communities:
| | Community | Direction | Distance<4> | 2008 Population | Change Since 2000 |
| | Balcones Heights | N | 19 mi [30.58 km] | 2,984 | 1.06% decrease |
| | Castroville | NW | 15 mi [24.14 km] | 3,059 | 14.83% increase |
| | Devine | W | 16 mi [25.75 km] | 4,545 | 9.78% increase |
| | LaCoste | NW | 10 mi [16.09 km] | 1,407 | 12.11% increase |
| | Leon Valley | N | 18 mi [28.97 km] | 10,269 | 11.15% increase |
| | Lytle | W | 8 mi [12.87 km] | 2,818 | 18.25% increase |
To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Somerset.
Search for Local BusinessesGoogle's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Somerset. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.
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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Somerset: Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Somerset? Please visit the Map Page for Somerset. |
Footnotes
| <1> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Somerset - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation |
| <2> | We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Somerset, please let us know so that we can make corrections. - Return to Citation |
| <3> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Somerset. - Return to Citation |
| <4> | Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Somerset and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation |
| <5> | All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation |
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