Editing Sugar City, Colorado

{{short description|Town in Colorado, United States}}
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{{Infobox settlement
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|name                     = Sugar City, Colorado
|settlement_type          = [[Town]]

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|image_skyline            = Elevator in Sugar City, Colorado.jpg
|image_caption            = Grain elevator (2023)
|image_flag               =
|image_seal               =

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|image_map                = Crowley County Colorado Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Sugar City Highlighted 0874815.svg
|map_caption              = Location within [[Crowley County, Colorado|Crowley County]] and [[Colorado]]
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|map_caption1             =

<!-- Location -->
|coordinates_footnotes    = <ref name="GNIS"/>
|coordinates              = {{coord|38|13|55|N|103|39|53|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Colorado]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Colorado|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Crowley County, Colorado|Crowley]]<ref name=COMun>{{cite web | url = http://www.dola.state.co.us/dlg/local_governments/municipalities.html | title = Active Colorado Municipalities | publisher = [[Colorado|State of Colorado]], Department of Local Affairs | access-date = September 1, 2007 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091212060308/http://www.dola.state.co.us/dlg/local_governments/municipalities.html | archive-date = December 12, 2009 |df =}}</ref>

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|established_title        = Founded
|established_date         =
|established_title1       = [[Platted]]
|established_date1        =
|established_title2       = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date2        = July 2, 1900<ref name=MuniIncCO>{{cite web | url = http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/muninc.html | title = Colorado Municipal Incorporations | publisher = [[Colorado|State of Colorado]], Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives | date = December 1, 2004 | accessdate = September 2, 2007}}</ref>
|named_for                =

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|government_footnotes     =
|government_type          =
|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              =

<!-- Area -->
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_08.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 1, 2020}}</ref>
|area_total_sq_mi         = 0.39
|area_land_sq_mi          = 0.39
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00
|area_total_km2           = 1.00
|area_land_km2            = 1.00
|area_water_km2           = 0.00
|unit_pref                = Imperial

<!-- Elevation -->
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name="GNIS"/>
|elevation_ft             = 4305

<!-- Population -->
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Sugar_City_town,_Colorado?g=160XX00US0874815 |title=Sugar City town; Colorado |author=United States Census Bureau|date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=April 25, 2023 |quote=}}</ref>
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_total         = 259
|pop_est_footnotes        =
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|population_density_km2   = auto
|population_density_sq_mi = auto

<!-- General information -->
|timezone                 = [[Mountain Time Zone|MST]]
|utc_offset               = −7
|timezone_DST             = MDT
|utc_offset_DST           = −6
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code]]
|postal_code              = 81076<ref name=ZIPcode>{{cite web|url = http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp | title = ZIP Code Lookup| format = [[JavaScript]]/[[HTML]] | publisher = [[United States Postal Service]] | accessdate=January 6, 2008}}</ref>
|area_code_type           = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
|area_code                = [[Area code 719|719]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = {{FIPS|08|74815}} <ref name="GNIS"/>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS ID]]
|blank1_info              = 195392 <ref name="GNIS">{{cite gnis2|195392|Sugar City, Colorado}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|https://townofsugarcityco.org/|Town of Sugar City}}
}}

'''Sugar City''' is a [[List of municipalities in Colorado#Statutory town|statutory town]] in [[Crowley County, Colorado]], United States.<ref name="GNIS"/>  The population was 259 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020" />

==History==
A post office called Sugar City has been in operation since 1900.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=CO | title=Post offices | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref>  The community was named for the fact it once was a sugar manufacturing center.<ref>{{cite book|last=Dawson|first=John Frank|title=Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015051116740;view=1up;seq=54|publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.|location=Denver, CO|page=48}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.colorado.com/cities-and-towns/sugar-city | title = Colorado.com | accessdate = October 23, 2012}}</ref><ref name="silverwedge">{{Cite web |title=Silver Wedge: The Sugar Beet Industry in Fort Collins |author=Eric Twitty |work=SWCA Environmental Consultants |date=August 2003 |access-date=August 9, 2020 |url= https://www.fcgov.com/parkplanning/files/silver-wedge_the-sugar-beet-industry-in-fort-collins_a-historical-context.pdf}}</ref>

==Geography==
Sugar City is located in southeastern Crowley County at {{coord|38|13|55|N|103|39|53|W|type:city}} (38.231866, -103.664851).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> [[Colorado State Highway 96]] leads west {{convert|5|mi|0}} to [[Ordway, Colorado|Ordway]], the county seat, and northeast {{convert|33|mi}} to [[Haswell, Colorado|Haswell]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Sugar City has a total area of {{convert|0.4|sqmi|km2}}, all of it land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1900= 689
|1910= 808
|1920= 836
|1930= 598
|1940= 565
|1950= 527
|1960= 409
|1970= 307
|1980= 306
|1990= 252
|2000= 279
|2010= 258
|2020= 259
|footnote=[[United States census|U.S. Decennial Census]]
}}
<!--As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 279 people, 117 households, and 78 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|724.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 147 housing units at an average density of {{convert|382.0|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the town was 88.89% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 3.58% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.08% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 3.23% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3.23% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 13.98% of the population.

There were 117 households, out of which 28.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.3% were non-families. 28.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.2% under the age of 18, 5.0% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 25.4% from 45 to 64, and 18.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.6 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $25,208, and the median income for a family was $27,500. Males had a median income of $27,813 versus $18,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $12,564. About 12.9% of families and 19.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 30.5% of those under the age of eighteen and 5.8% of those 65 or over.-->
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==See also==
{{Portal|Geography|North America|<!--Northern America-->|United States|Colorado}}
*[[Outline of Colorado]]
**[[Index of Colorado-related articles]]
*[[State of Colorado]]
**[[Colorado cities and towns]]
***[[Colorado municipalities]]
**[[Colorado counties]]
***[[Crowley County, Colorado]]
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://townofsugarcityco.org/}}
* [http://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/staticdata/Downloads/CityMaps/SUGAR%20CITY.pdf CDOT map of Sugar City]

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[[Category:Towns in Crowley County, Colorado]]
[[Category:Towns in Colorado]]