Somerset, Colorado

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Somerset, Colorado
Census Designated Place
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Coal train near Somerset, August 2011
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Somerset
Location of the Somerset CDP in the State of Colorado.
Coordinates: 38°55′41″N107°28′22″W / 38.92806°N 107.47278°W / 38.92806; -107.47278 (Somerset CDP, Colorado) [1]
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Colorado.svg  Colorado
County Gunnison County
Government
[2]
 • Type unincorporated town
Area
[1]
 • Total0.190 sq mi (0.492 km2)
 • Land0.190 sq mi (0.492 km2)
 • Water0.000 sq mi (0.000 km2)
Elevation
[2]
5,998 ft (1,828 m)
Population
 (2020) [3]
 • Total55
 • Density290/sq mi (110/km2)
Time zone UTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP Code [4]
81434
Area code 970
GNIS feature ID 2805921 [2]

Somerset is a census-designated place (CDP) and post office located in and governed by Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. The population was 55 at the 2020 census. [3] The Somerset post office has the ZIP Code 81434. [4]

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History

Somerset Post Office, July 2016 Somerset, Colorado - US Post Office (28708060921).jpg
Somerset Post Office, July 2016

Somerset was named after Somerset, Pennsylvania. [5]

In 2012, the Aspen Skiing Company built a 3-megawatt methane-to-electricity plant in Somerset at Oxbow Carbon's Elk Creek Mine. [6]

Geography

The Somerset CDP has an area of 122 acres (0.492 km2), all land. [1]

Demographics

Somerset CDP, Colorado
YearPop.±%
2020 55—    
Source: United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau defined the Somerset CDP for the United States Census 2020.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "State of Colorado Census Designated Places - BAS20 - Data as of January 1, 2020". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Somerset, Colorado
  3. 1 2 United States Census Bureau. "Somerset CDP, Colorado" . Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Look Up a ZIP Code". United States Postal Service . Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  5. ↑ Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 47.
  6. ↑ Ward, Bob (November 21, 2014). "How Aspen Skiing Co. became a power company". Aspen Times . Retrieved December 21, 2019.
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