Somerset, Colorado Explained

Official Name:Somerset, Colorado
Settlement Type:Census Designated Place
Pushpin Map:Colorado
Pushpin Label:Somerset
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the Somerset CDP in the
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Gunnison County
Government Type:unincorporated town
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:0.492
Area Land Km2:0.492
Area Water Km2:0.000
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:55
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Timezone:MST
Utc Offset:-7
Timezone Dst:MDT
Utc Offset Dst:-6
Coordinates:38.9281°N -107.4728°W
Elevation Ft:5998
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code[3]
Postal Code:81434
Area Code:970
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info: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.[3]

History

Somerset was named after Somerset, Pennsylvania.[4]

In 2012, the Aspen Skiing Company built a 3-megawatt methane-to-electricity plant in Somerset at Oxbow Carbon's Elk Creek Mine.[5]

Geography

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

Demographics

The United States Census Bureau defined the for the

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: State of Colorado Census Designated Places - BAS20 - Data as of January 1, 2020. United States Census Bureau. December 22, 2020.
  2. Web site: Somerset CDP, Colorado . United States Census Bureau. April 9, 2023 .
  3. Web site: Look Up a ZIP Code. United States Postal Service. December 19, 2020.
  4. Book: Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.. Denver, CO. 47.
  5. Web site: How Aspen Skiing Co. became a power company. Ward. Bob. November 21, 2014. Aspen Times. en-US. 2019-12-21.