Somerset is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) and
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
located in and governed by
Gunnison County,
Colorado
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, United States. The population was 55 at the
2020 census.
The Somerset post office has the
ZIP Code 81434.
[
]
History
Somerset was named after Somerset
Somerset ( , ), Archaism, archaically Somersetshire ( , , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel, Gloucestershire, and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east ...
, Pennsylvania
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.
In 2012, the Aspen Skiing Company built a 3-megawatt methane-to-electricity plant in Somerset at Oxbow Carbon's Elk Creek Mine.
Geography
The Somerset CDP has an area of , all land.[
]
Demographics
The United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau, officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the Federal statistical system, U.S. federal statistical system, responsible for producing data about the American people and American economy, econ ...
defined the for the
See also
* List of census designated places in Colorado
References
External links
Somerset @ Colorado.com
Somerset @ UncoverColorado.com
Somerset, Colorado Mining Claims And Mines
Gunnison County website
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Census-designated places in Gunnison County, Colorado
Census-designated places in Colorado