Somerset Center, Michigan
unincorporated community in Michigan, United States
Somerset Center is an unincorporated community in Hillsdale County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is located along U.S. Highway 12 (US 12) within Somerset Township.
As an unincorporated community, Somerset Center has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own but does have its own post office with the 49282 ZIP Code.
Geography
Somerset Center is located in southeast Michigan in the northeastern corner of Hillsdale County. Located within Somerset Township on the outer edge of the Irish Hills region, the community sits at an elevation of 1,060 feet (320 m), which is among the highest elevations in southeast Michigan.
The community is located about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of the county line with Jackson County. US 12, known locally as Chicago Road, is the main roadway through the community, and it has a junction with US 127 about 3.0 miles (4.8 km) to the east. Nearby incorporated villages include Cement City to the northeast and Addison further away to the southeast. Other nearby unincorporated communities include Somerset directly to the east, Jerome to the southwest, the census-designated place of Lake LeAnn directly to the northeast, and Liberty in Jackson County to the north.
The area contains numerous lakes near Somerset Center.
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