Census-designated place in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States
Census Designated Place in Colorado, United States
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
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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
The United States Census Bureau defined the Somerset CDP for the United States Census 2020.
See also
References
- ^ a b c "State of Colorado Census Designated Places - BAS20 - Data as of January 1, 2020". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Somerset, Colorado
- ^ a b United States Census Bureau. "Somerset CDP, Colorado". Retrieved April 9, 2023.
- ^ a b "Look Up a ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ward, Bob (November 21, 2014). "How Aspen Skiing Co. became a power company". Aspen Times. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
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