Sugar City, Colorado

Sugar City, Colorado
Town
Cafe along Colorado Street (2017)
Location within Crowley County and Colorado
Coordinates: 38°13′55″N103°39′53″W / 38.23194°N 103.66472°W / 38.23194; -103.66472 [1]
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Crowley [2]
Incorporated	July 2, 1900 [3]
Area [4]
• Total	0.39 sq mi (1.00 km2)
• Land	0.39 sq mi (1.00 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation [1]	4,305 ft (1,312 m)
Population  (2020) [5]
• Total	259
• Density	660/sq mi (260/km2)
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
ZIP Code	81076 [6]
Area code	719
FIPS code	08-74815 [1]
GNIS ID	195392 [1]
Website	Town of Sugar City

Sugar City is a statutory town in Crowley County, Colorado, United States. ^[1] The population was 259 at the 2020 census. ^[5]

History

A post office called Sugar City has been in operation since 1900. ^[7] The community was named for the fact it once was a sugar manufacturing center. ^[8]

Sugar City was named for its sugar beet factory, established in 1899. It was owned by the National Beet Sugar Company. During a drought in the 1950s the wastewater lagoons at the factory dried, producing a smell that overwhelmed the town. The factory closed in 1967. ^{[9] [10]}

Geography

Sugar City is located in southeastern Crowley County at 38°13′55″N103°39′53″W / 38.23194°N 103.66472°W / 38.23194; -103.66472 (38.231866, -103.664851). ^[11] Colorado State Highway 96 leads west 5 miles (8 km) to Ordway, the county seat, and northeast 33 miles (53 km) to Haswell.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Sugar City has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1.0 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	689		—
1910	808		17.3%
1920	836		3.5%
1930	598		−28.5%
1940	565		−5.5%
1950	527		−6.7%
1960	409		−22.4%
1970	307		−24.9%
1980	306		−0.3%
1990	252		−17.6%
2000	279		10.7%
2010	258		−7.5%
2020	259		0.4%
U.S. Decennial Census

See also

• Geography portal
• North America portal
• United States portal
• Colorado portal

• Outline of Colorado
  • Index of Colorado-related articles
• State of Colorado
  • Colorado cities and towns
    • Colorado municipalities
  • Colorado counties
    • Crowley County, Colorado

References

1. "Sugar City, Colorado", Geographic Names Information System , United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
2. "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs. Archived from the original on December 12, 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2007.
3. "Colorado Municipal Incorporations". State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. December 1, 2004. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
4. "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
5. United States Census Bureau. "Sugar City town; Colorado" . Retrieved April 25, 2023.
6. "ZIP Code Lookup" (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service . Retrieved January 6, 2008.
7. "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
8. 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. 48.
9. "Colorado.com" . Retrieved October 23, 2012.
10. Eric Twitty (August 2003). "Silver Wedge: The Sugar Beet Industry in Fort Collins" (PDF). SWCA Environmental Consultants. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
11. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.

External links

• Official website
• CDOT map of Sugar City