 People of "The Jersey Settlement" emigrated from Essex and Morris Counties, New Jersey, about 1770.Somerset County gained worldwide attention in 2001 when a hijacked airliner, United Airlines Flight 93, crashed in Stonycreek Township, near the town of Shanksville as part of the September 11 attacks.The first confirmed report of the plane's crash came from Somerset County Airport as reported on NBC's "The Today Show".