Somerset, Colorado

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Somerset, Colorado
Census Designated Place
Coal train near Somerset in 2011.
Coal train near Somerset in 2011.
Somerset is located in Colorado
Somerset
Somerset
Location of the Somerset CDP in the State of Colorado.
Coordinates: 38°55′36″N 107°28′21″W / 38.9267242°N 107.4725129°W / 38.9267242; -107.4725129 (Somerset CDP, Colorado)Coordinates: 38°55′36″N 107°28′21″W / 38.9267242°N 107.4725129°W / 38.9267242; -107.4725129 (Somerset CDP, Colorado)[1]
Country United States
State Colorado
CountyGunnison County
Government
[2]
 • Typeunincorporated 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]
5,984 ft (1,824 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP Code[3]
81434
Area code(s)970
GNIS feature[2]Somerset CDP

Somerset is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. The Somerset post office has the ZIP Code 81434.[3] At the United States Census 2010, the population of the 81434 ZIP Code Tabulation Area was 158.[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]

Somerset Post Office, July 2016

Geography[]

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

Demographics[]

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

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

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "State of Colorado Census Designated Places - BAS20 - Data as of January 1, 2020". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "U.S. Board on Geographic Names: Domestic Names". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Look Up a ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  4. ^ "2010: DEC Summary File 1". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 22, 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 2019-12-21.

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