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Somerset County, Maryland
Somerset County
is the southernmost
county
in the
American State
of
Maryland
. As of the
2010 census
, the population was 26,470. making it the second-least populous county in Maryland. The
county seat
is
Princess Anne
. The county was named for Mary, Lady Somerset, the wife of Sir John Somerset and daughter of
Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour
(ca 1560-1639). She was also the sister of
Anne Calvert, Baroness Baltimore
(1615-1649), who later lent her name to
Anne Arundel County
, which was erected in 1650 as the
Province of Maryland
's third county.
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