Somerset, MA.
Bristol County Real Estate Information
Total Area: 11.98 sq. miles
Land Area: 8.11 sq. miles
Population: 17,655
The Town of Somerset is a suburban community in Bristol County, on the west
side of the Taunton River. This area was originally known as the Shawamat
Lands and was incorporated as a town in 1790. Although there was a significant
Indian population when colonists arrived, by the end of King Philip's war
in 1677 English settlers dominated the Pocassets, members of the Wampanoag
tribe. The earliest colonists farmed and fished, both in the river and off-shore
but the town developed shipyards, mercantile and shipping businesses early
in its history.
The first documented local shipyard was established between
1707 and 1712 on the Lee River by Samuel Lee. The dominant religious group
in early Somerset were the Quakers, who established a meeting house about
1701, one of the few and earliest Quaker churches in southeastern Massachusetts.
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