Somerville, IN

Somerville is a town in Barton Township, Gibson County, Indiana, United States. The 2020 census counted 253, residents. Somerville was originally called Summittville, and under the latter name was laid out in 1853. The post office opened as Somerville in 1854. Somerville and the easternmost half of Gibson County is served by the East Gibson School Corporation which currently operates five schools:. The through line in Somerville is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Somerville makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Somerville lies northeast of Evansville in eastern Gibson County. State Road 57 passes through Somerville, connecting the town with Oakland City to the northeast and Mackey to the southwest.