Somerset, Colorado

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. 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 0.492 km2, all land.

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