Somerton, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Somerton
state = nsw

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caption = Hotel, Oxley Highway, Somerton
lga = Tamworth Regional Council
county= Parry
postcode = 2340
est =
pop = 279 [Census 2006 AUS|id= SSC18807|name=Somerton (State Suburb)|quick=on|accessdate=2008-07-15]
pop_footnotes=
elevation= 326
elevation_footnotes=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Tamworth
fedgov = New England
dist1 = 36
dir1 = nw
location1= Tamworth
dist2 = 25
dir2 = s
location2= Manilla

Somerton is a village between the Peel River and the Oxley Highway in northern New South Wales Australia. In the 2006 Census, there were 279 persons usually resident in Somerton (Suburb): 50.9% were males and 49.1% were females. [Census 2006 AUS|id= SSC18807|name=Somerton (State Suburb)|quick=on|accessdate=2008-07-15]

The area surrounding Somerton is an agricultural region where there is cropping, together with sheep and beef cattle breeding. Lucerne is grown along the fertile Peel River flats.

Services available in Somerton include a primary school, roadhouse, hotel and memorial hall.

References

ee also

* [http://cemindex.arkangles.com/cemetery.php?id=200 Somerton General Cemetery]