Somerset, Colorado

Somerset is an unincorporated community, coal mining town and a U.S. Post Office located in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. The Somerset Post Office has the ZIP Code 81434.[2]

Somerset Post Office, July 2016
Somerset, Colorado
Unincorporated community
Coal train near Somerset
Somerset
Somerset
Coordinates: 38°55′35″N 107°28′11″W
Country United States
State Colorado
CountyGunnison County[1]
Elevation6,030 ft (1,838 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code[2]
81434
Area code(s)970
GNIS feature ID0186369

Description

The community was named after Somerset, Pennsylvania.[3]

In 2012, the Aspen Skiing Company built a 3-megawatt methane-to-electricity plant in Somerset at Oxbow Carbon's Elk Creek Mine.[4]

Geography

Somerset is located at 38°55′35″N 107°28′11″W (38.926298,-107.469807).

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See also

 Colorado portal

References
  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. "ZIP Code Lookup" (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service. January 3, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
  3. 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.
  4. Ward, Bob (November 21, 2014). "How Aspen Skiing Co. became a power company". Aspen Times. Retrieved 2019-12-21.

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