Sugar City, Colorado
Town in Colorado, United States
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Sugar City is a statutory town in Crowley County, Colorado, United States.[1] The population was 259 at the 2020 census.[5]
Sugar City, Colorado | |
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Grain elevator (2023) | |
 Location within Crowley County and Colorado | |
| Coordinates: 38°13′55″N 103°39′53″W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Crowley[2] |
| Incorporated | July 2, 1900[3] |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.39 sq mi (1.00 km2) |
| • Land | 0.39 sq mi (1.00 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,305 ft (1,312 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 259 |
| • Density | 671/sq mi (259/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 |
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″N 103°39′53″W (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.
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