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| | Somerset Texas History |
 | | 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. |
 | | 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. |
 | | Somerset was incorporated in 1973 and has a mayor-council form of city government. |
| www.somersettx.com /somerset-texas-history.htm (250 words) |
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