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Somerset County at a Glance

Every number on this page is computed from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2024 Gazetteer records for this county. Nothing here is estimated.

33 municipalities3,924.3 sq mi landCensus 2024
0cities
27towns
6plantations
4other areas

Census-derived totals

Land, water, and communities

Land area

All county subdivisions

3,924.3 square miles across 37 Census county subdivisions.

Water area

Lakes, rivers, coastal water

169.1 square miles of water area recorded in the same dataset.

Municipal governments

Cities, towns, plantations

33 organised municipalities, plus 4 unorganized territories and 0 gores or reservation lands.

Largest by land area

Somerset County's biggest municipalities

Ranked by Census land area, not population.

Skowhegan58.8 sq mi Fairfield53.7 sq mi Caratunk52.3 sq mi Madison51.9 sq mi Norridgewock50.0 sq mi

All municipalities

Every city, town, and plantation

Open any community for its businesses, nearby towns, and Census facts.

AnsonTown AthensTown BinghamTown BrightonPlantation CambridgeTown CanaanTown CaratunkTown CornvilleTown DennistownPlantation DetroitTown EmbdenTown FairfieldTown HarmonyTown HartlandTown HighlandPlantation JackmanTown MadisonTown MercerTown Moose RiverTown MoscowTown New PortlandTown NorridgewockTown PalmyraTown PittsfieldTown Pleasant RidgePlantation RipleyTown SkowheganTown SmithfieldTown SolonTown St. AlbansTown StarksTown The ForksPlantation West ForksPlantation

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer, County Subdivisions (retrieved 2026-10-19). Totals are summed from the county's records; they are not population estimates.