Sugar City is a
Statutory Town in
Crowley County,
Colorado
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, United States. The population was 258 at the
2010 census.
A post office called Sugar City has been in operation since 1900. The community was named for the fact it once was a sugar manufacturing center.
Geography
Sugar City is located in southeastern Crowley County at (38.231866, -103.664851).
Colorado State Highway 96
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leads west to
Ordway, the county seat, and northeast to
Haswell.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, Sugar City has a total area of , all of it land.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 279 people, 117 households, and 78 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 147 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 88.89%
White
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, 3.58%
Native American, 1.08%
Asian, 3.23% from
other races, and 3.23% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to viceroyalties for ...
or
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
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
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Per capita i ...
for the town was $12,564. About 12.9% of families and 19.6% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 30.5% of those under the age of eighteen and 5.8% of those 65 or over.
History
Sugar City was named for its
sugar beet
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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.
See also
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Outline of Colorado
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Index of Colorado-related articles
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* .co.us – Internet second-level domain for the State of Colorado
* 4 Corners
** 4 Corners Monument
* 6th Principal Meridian
* 10-mile Range
* 10th ...
*
State of Colorado
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Colorado cities and towns
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Colorado municipalities
The U.S. State of Colorado has 272 active incorporated municipalities, comprising 197 towns, 73 cities, and two consolidated city and county governments. At the 2020 United States Census, 4,299,942 of the 5,773,714 Colorado residents (74.47%) l ...
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Colorado counties
The U.S. State of Colorado is divided into 64 counties. Two of these counties, the City and County of Broomfield and the City and County of Denver, have consolidated city and county governments. Denver serves as the state capital. Counties a ...
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Crowley County, Colorado
Crowley County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,922. The county seat is Ordway.
History
Crowley County was created by the Colorado legislature on May 29, 1911, out of the northern ...
References
External links
CDOT map of the Town of Sugar City
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Towns in Crowley County, Colorado
Towns in Colorado