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Somerset, Colorado
Census Designated Place
Coal train near Somerset, August 2011
SomersetLocation of the Somerset CDP in the State of Colorado.
Coordinates: 38°55′41″N 107°28′22″W / 38.92806°N 107.47278°W / 38.92806; -107.47278 (Somerset CDP, Colorado)
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Gunnison County
Government
• Type	unincorporated town
Area
• Total	0.190 sq mi (0.492 km)
• Land	0.190 sq mi (0.492 km)
• Water	0.000 sq mi (0.000 km)
Elevation	5,998 ft (1,828 m)
Population
• Total	55
• Density	290/sq mi (110/km)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP Code	81434
Area code	970
GNIS feature ID	2805921

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. The Somerset post office has the ZIP Code 81434.

History

Somerset was named after Somerset, Pennsylvania.

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

Geography

The Somerset CDP has an area of 122 acres (0.492 km), all land.

Demographics

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

See also

• List of census designated places in Colorado

References

1. ^ "State of Colorado Census Designated Places - BAS20 - Data as of January 1, 2020". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Somerset, Colorado
3. ^ United States Census Bureau. "Somerset CDP, Colorado". Retrieved April 9, 2023.
4. ^ "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.

External links

• Somerset @ Colorado.com
• Somerset @ UncoverColorado.com
• Somerset, Colorado Mining Claims And Mines
• Gunnison County website

v t e Municipalities and communities of Gunnison County, Colorado, United States
County seat: Gunnison
City	Gunnison
Towns	Crested Butte Marble Mount Crested Butte Pitkin
CDP	Somerset
Unincorporated communities	Almont Doyleville Ohio City Parlin Powderhorn Sapinero Tincup
Ghost towns	Abbeyville Aberdeen Baldwin Crystal Gothic Iola Pittsburg Vulcan
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• Census-designated places in Gunnison County, Colorado
• Census-designated places in Colorado