Sugar City, Colorado
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Sugar City is a statutory town in Crowley County, Colorado, United States.<ref name="GNIS"/> The population was 259 at the 2020 census.<ref name="Census 2020" />
History
[edit]A post office called Sugar City has been in operation since 1900.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The community was named for the fact it once was a sugar manufacturing center.<ref>Template:Cite book</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>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="silverwedge">Template:Cite web</ref>
Geography
[edit]Sugar City is located in southeastern Crowley County at Template:Coord (38.231866, -103.664851).<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> Colorado State Highway 96 leads west Template:Convert to Ordway, the county seat, and northeast Template:Convert to Haswell.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Sugar City has a total area of Template:Convert, all of it land.
Demographics
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