Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Somerset County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. As of 2000, the population was 50,888. Its county seat is Skowhegan. Somerset County was established in March 1, 1809 from portions of Kennebec County and was named after Somerset County in England. Somerset County is part of Maine''s 2nd congressional district. In 1992 Somerset County was one of three counties in the state (the others being Knox and Piscataquis) where Ross Perot received over 38% of the vote and won. In 2008 Barack Obama received 51.9% of the vote. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 4,095 square miles (10,607 km²), of which, 3,926 square miles (10,170 km²) of it is land and 169 square miles (437 km²) of it (4.12%) is water.