Funeral Homes near Somerset

Facts about the city

Somerset is a city located in Bexar County, Texas, United States. It is located less than 20 miles south of Downtown San Antonio and is part of the San Antonio–New Braunfels metropolitan area. The population was 1,631 at the 2010 census.

Somerset Obituaries

It was revealed on April 19th, 2011 that Julia J Mosely (Blough) perished in Somerset, Texas.  Ms. Mosely was 83 years old and was born in Stoystown, PA.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Julia J's life.

History

The population was 1,550 at the 2000 census.

Somerset was named for a settlement that had been begun in 1848, in what is now Atascosa County, by a group of Baptist families from Somerset, Kentucky. M. In 1931 the Somerset Fruit Growers Exchange building was dedicated, and between truck farming, oil, and coal, the town prospered until the mid-1930s, when diminishing oil returns and the Great Depression caused a decline. In 1931 the town reported twenty businesses; by 1958 there were only eight. A nearby lignite coal mine also added to the booming economy of the area.