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Somervell County, Texas. Somervell County (/ËsÊmÉrvÉl/ SUM-er-vell) is a county on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 8,490. Its county seat is Glen Rose. The county is named for Alexander Somervell, Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas.
In 2014 the census counted 8,694 people living in Somervell County. About 77.1 percent were Anglo. 1.2 percent were African American, and 19.1 percent were Hispanic. Almost 77 percent of the residents age twenty-five or older had graduated from high school, and more than 17 percent had college degrees.