Province: Nova Scotia | Years recorded: 1871–1901

Somerset, Nova Scotia (1871–1901)

Name: Somerset
Address: Nova Scotia, CA

Somerset was a township in Nova Scotia, recorded in 4 censuses between 1871 and 1901.

Population trajectory across census years

Census year	Population	Page
1871	939	View 1871 detail →
1881	967	View 1881 detail →
1891	931	View 1891 detail →
1901	904	View 1901 detail →

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Boundary lineage

Successors

later split into NO DATA in 1871
merged into Somerset in 1911

Identifiers

Persistent place ID: PLACE_NS036024 — assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap
Wikidata: not yet grounded.

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.