The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusSomerset Township is one of sixteen townships in Jackson County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,934 and it contained 1,861 housing units.
Somerset was established in 1884. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 4,205 to 3,934 (-6%). Half of its homes were built before 1974.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Somerset yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Somerset’s history is told.
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Somerset, decade by decade
2000
1 historic place in Somerset
1 place in Somerset is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.