New Somerset is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in northern Knox Township

Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio

Knox Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,011 people in the township, 2,179 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, Jefferson County

Jefferson County, Ohio

Jefferson County is a county located in the state of Ohio. As of 2010, the population was 69,709. Its county seat is Steubenville and is named for Thomas Jefferson, who was at the time Vice President....

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. It lies along State Route 213

Ohio State Route 213

State Route 213 is a north–south state highway located in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. The highway's southern terminus is at an interchange that doubles as the northern split of the duplex of U.S. Route 22 and State Route 7 just north of the city limits of Steubenville...

 approximately 5 miles (8 km) south of the unincorporated community of Hammondsville

Hammondsville, Ohio

Hammondsville is an unincorporated community in central Saline Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43930. It lies along State Route 213...

 and 15 miles (24 km) north of the city of Steubenville

Steubenville, Ohio

Steubenville is a city located along the Ohio River in Jefferson County, Ohio on the Ohio-West Virginia border in the United States. It is the political county seat of Jefferson County. It is also a principal city of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, the county seat

County seat

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 of Jefferson County. It lies somewhat more than 1 mile (nearly 2 km) southeast of the Yellow Creek, a small tributary

Tributary

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 of the Ohio River

Ohio River

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, which itself is located 4 miles (6½ km) to the east of New Somerset.

New Somerset is part of the Weirton

Weirton, West Virginia

Weirton is a city located in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, United States. Most of the city is in Hancock County, with the remainder in Brooke County. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 20,411...

–Steubenville, WV

West Virginia

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-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area

Weirton-Steubenville metropolitan area

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