Sugar City is a Statutory Town in Crowley County, Colorado, United States. The population was 259 at the 2020 census.

History

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 38.23194°N, -103.66472°W (38.231866, -103.664851). Colorado State Highway 96 leads west 5 mi to Ordway, the county seat, and northeast 33 mi to Haswell. According to the United States Census Bureau, Sugar City has a total area of 0.4 sqmi, all of it land.

Demographics

History

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.