Somers is a village in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. The population in 2018 was an estimated 8,359. Somers has a post office with ZIP code 53171.
The village of Somers was incorporated on April 24, 2015, following a local election that favored incorporation. While the village originally only included the eastern half of the town's former boundaries, it now includes almost all of the original town; the remainder is still a town and is slated to become part of Kenosha by 2035.
History
The community was originally named Pike on April 15, 1843, by an act of the Wisconsin territorial legislature, and became Somers in 1851.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which are land and are water.
Demographics
Berryville
Berryville is a residential and business community located in the eastern part of the village, at the intersection of Kenosha County Highway A (7th Street) and Highway 32 (Sheridan Road). The community was named for the proliferation of strawberry farms in the area. The Berryville School was a community fixture into the 1980s, when it was demolished for new housing. Adjacent to the school to the south was the Mid-City Outdoor Theatre (1948-1984), one of Wisconsin's first drive-in theatres.
Education
Shoreland Lutheran High School is a private Christian high school of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS).
Notable people
William H. Flett, Wisconsin legislator
Margaret Landon, author of Anna and the King of Siam
Drue Leyton, actress, writer, member of the French Resistance
Conrad Shearer, Wisconsin legislator
