| Sugar City, Colorado | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County[1] |
| Subdivision Name2: | Crowley County |
| Government Type: | Statutory Town |
| Established Title3: | Incorporated |
| Established Date3: | July 2, 1900[2] |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [3] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.00 |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.00 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.39 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.39 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [4] |
| Population Total: | 259 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
| Utc Offset: | -7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
| Coordinates: | 38.2319°N -103.6647°W |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [5] |
| Elevation M: | 1312 |
| Elevation Ft: | 4304 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code[6] |
| Postal Code: | 81076 |
| Area Code: | 719 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 08-74815 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0195392 |
Sugar City is a Statutory Town in Crowley County, Colorado, United States. The population was 259 at the 2020 census.
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 38.2319°N -103.6647°W (38.231866, -103.664851).[9] Colorado State Highway 96 leads west 5miles to Ordway, the county seat, and northeast to Haswell.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Sugar City has a total area of 0.4sqmi, all of it land.
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]