Somerset, Colorado


Somerset is a census-designated place 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.

History

Somerset was named after Somerset, Pennsylvania.
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 defined the for the