Sugar City, Colorado

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.
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.

Geography

Sugar City is located in southeastern Crowley County at . Colorado State Highway 96 leads west to Ordway, the county seat, and northeast to Haswell.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Sugar City has a total area of, all of it land.