Somerset, Colorado

Somerset, Colorado
Somerset, Colorado
Census Designated Place
	Coal train near Somerset, August 2011
	Somerset Location of the Somerset CDP in the State of Colorado.
	Coordinates: 38°55′36″N107°28′21″W / 38.9267242°N 107.4725129°W
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Gunnison County
Government
• Type	unincorporated town
Area
• Total	0.190 sq mi (0.492 km2)
• Land	0.190 sq mi (0.492 km2)
• Water	0.000 sq mi (0.000 km2)
Elevation	5,984 ft (1,824 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	55
• Density	290/sq mi (110/km2)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP Code	81434
Area code	970
GNIS feature	Somerset CDP

Last updated September 28, 2023

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]

History

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
Year	Pop.	±%
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 2 3 "State of Colorado Census Designated Places - BAS20 - Data as of January 1, 2020". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved December 22, 2020.
1 2 3 "U.S. Board on Geographic Names: Domestic Names". United States Geological Survey . Retrieved December 19, 2020.
1 2 United States Census Bureau. "Somerset CDP, Colorado" . Retrieved April 9, 2023.
1 2 "Look Up a ZIP Code". United States Postal Service . Retrieved December 19, 2020.
↑ 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.
↑ Ward, Bob (November 21, 2014). "How Aspen Skiing Co. became a power company". Aspen Times . Retrieved December 21, 2019.

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[CO_CDP_2020-1] 1 2 3 "State of Colorado Census Designated Places - BAS20 - Data as of January 1, 2020". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved December 22, 2020.

[GR3-2] 1 2 3 "U.S. Board on Geographic Names: Domestic Names". United States Geological Survey . Retrieved December 19, 2020.

[Census_2020-3] 1 2 United States Census Bureau. "Somerset CDP, Colorado" . Retrieved April 9, 2023.

[ZIPcode-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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