Map of Somerville town, Alabama

Somerville is a town in Morgan County, Alabama, United States. It is included in the Decatur Metropolitan Area and the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the town was 796.

Somerville town overview:
Name:	Somerville town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Alabama
County:	Morgan County
Incorporated:	December 3, 1819
Elevation:	604 ft (184 m)
Total Area:	3.47 sq mi (8.98 km²)
Land Area:	3.46 sq mi (8.97 km²)
Water Area:	0.01 sq mi (0.01 km²)
Total Population:	796
Population Density:	229.86/sq mi (88.74/km²)
ZIP code:	35670
Area code:	256
FIPS code:	0171496
GNISfeature ID:	2407365
Website:	www.townofsomerville.org

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History

Somerville was the county seat of Morgan County from 1818 to 1891, when the seat was moved to Decatur. The town was named for Robert M. Summerville, an officer killed in 1814 during the Creek War. Initially incorporated on December 3, 1819, it is a few days older than the state. After its loss of the county seat in the 1890s, its incorporation lapsed. It was reorganized (reincorporated) on December 1, 1955.

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Geography

Somerville is located in central Morgan County at 34°28′12″N 86°47′56″W / 34.47000°N 86.79889°W / 34.47000; -86.79889 (34.469961, -86.798782), along Alabama State Route 67, which leads northwest 15 miles (24 km) to Decatur and southeast 18 miles (29 km) to the edge of Baileyton.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.5 square miles (9.1 km), of which 0.005 square miles (3.2 acres), or 0.14%, are water. Somerville is drained by Town Creek, which flows east to Cotaco Creek, a north-flowing tributary of the Tennessee River.