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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 Post Office, July 2016

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
YearPop.±%
202055—    
Source: United States Census Bureau

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

See also

References

  1. ^ 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. ^ a b c "U.S. Board on Geographic Names: Domestic Names". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  3. ^ a b United States Census Bureau. "Somerset CDP, Colorado". Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "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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