Sugar City, Colorado
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Sugar City, Colorado | |
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| Coordinates: 38°13′55″N 103°39′53″W / 38.23194°N 103.66472°WCoordinates: 38°13′55″N 103°39′53″W / 38.23194°N 103.66472°W[2] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Crowley[1] |
| Incorporated | July 2, 1900[3] |
| Area | |
| • Total | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Land | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
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| Population | |
| • Total | 259 |
| • Density | Template:Infobox settlement/densdisp |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| ZIP Code | 81076[6] |
| Area code | 719 |
| FIPS code | Template:FIPS [2] |
| GNIS ID | 195392 [2] |
| Website | Town of Sugar City |
Sugar City is a statutory town in Crowley County, Colorado, United States.[2] The population was 259 at the 2020 census.[5]
History
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Sugar City is located in southeastern Crowley County at 38°13′55″N 103°39′53″W / 38.23194°N 103.66472°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.
Demographics
[edit | edit source]See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs. Archived from the original on December 12, 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2007.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Template:Cite gnis2
- ↑ "Colorado Municipal Incorporations". State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. December 1, 2004. Archived from the original on August 23, 2003. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
- ↑ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 United States Census Bureau. "Sugar City town; Colorado". Retrieved April 25, 2023.
- ↑ "ZIP Code Lookup" (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service. Retrieved January 6, 2008.
- ↑ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Colorado.com". Retrieved October 23, 2012.
- ↑ Eric Twitty (August 2003). "Silver Wedge: The Sugar Beet Industry in Fort Collins" (PDF). SWCA Environmental Consultants. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
- ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.