Somerset is a home rule-class city in Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States. The city population was 11,924 according to the 2020 census. It is the chair of Pulaski County.

Somerset was first settled in 1798 by Thomas Hansford and traditional its reveal from Somerset County, New Jersey, where some of the into the future settlers had formerly lived. Somerset became the Pulaski County seat in 1802, and was incorporated as a city in 1887. A Civil War battle was fought in January 1862 at Mill Springs (now “Nancy”) about 8 miles (13 km) west of Somerset, and a museum is at the site. A smaller fight was fought easy to use at Dutton’s Hill in 1863. In 1875 tracks for the Southern Railroad were completed and Somerset wise saying a population addition and an bump in industry. In the late 1930s and in the future 1940s, library facilities were provided by the pack horse library. The completion of Lake Cumberland in 1950 transformed Somerset from a drowsy rural community into a recreation center.^{[citation needed]}

The Center for Rural Development in Somerset was standard in 1996. It is a 501c(3) nonprofit meting out that describes its mission as follows: “to offer leadership that stimulates objector and sustainable economic improvement solutions and a better pretentiousness of spirit for the citizens we serve.” The Center’s programs and facilities focus upon public safety, arts & culture, leadership, and technology.

Somerset is located at 37°4′59″N 84°36′34″W / 37.08306°N 84.60944°W / 37.08306; -84.60944 (37.082966, −84.609387), and the downtown (central) part of the city is at an height of 974 feet above sea level. The city is located at the eastern end of Kentucky’s Mississippian Plateau (or Pennyroyal Plateau); however, the micropolitan Place extends eastward into the Appalachian Plateau (or Eastern Kentucky Coalfield), and northward to Kentucky’s Outer Bluegrass region. Thus, the area shows variations in landforms and scenery.