Sugar City, Colorado

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Sugar City, Colorado
Town
Elevator in Sugar City, Colorado.jpg
Grain elevator (2023)
Crowley County Colorado Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Sugar City Highlighted 0874815.svg
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)
 • Land0.39 sq mi (1.00 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[1]
4,305 ft (1,312 m)
Population
 (2020) [5]
 • Total
259
 • Density660/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]

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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
CensusPop.Note%±
1900 689—
1910 80817.3%
1920 8363.5%
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 27910.7%
2010 258−7.5%
2020 2590.4%
U.S. Decennial Census

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "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. 1 2 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.
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