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]
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]
The Somerset CDP has an area of 0.492km2, all land.[1]
The United States Census Bureau defined the for the