Sugar City, Colorado | |
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Coordinates: 38°13′55″N103°39′53″W / 38.23194°N 103.66472°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Colorado |
County [1] | Crowley County |
Incorporated | July 2, 1900 [2] |
Government | |
• Type | Statutory Town [1] |
Area | |
• 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 | 4,304 ft (1,312 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 259 |
• Density | 660/sq mi (260/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
ZIP code [6] | 81076 |
Area code | 719 |
FIPS code | 08-74815 |
GNIS feature ID | 0195392 |
Website | townofsugarcityco |
Sugar City is a Statutory Town in Crowley County, Colorado, United States. The population was 259 at the 2020 census. [5]
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 is located in southeastern Crowley County at 38°13′55″N103°39′53″W / 38.23194°N 103.66472°W (38.231866, -103.664851). [9] 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.
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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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 |
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. [10] [11]
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