Sugar City, Idaho

Sugar City, Idaho
—  City  —
Location of Sugar City, Idaho
Coordinates: [1]
Country United States
State Idaho
County Madison
Government
 • Mayor Glenn W. Dalling
Area
 • Total 0.8 sq mi (2.0 km2)
 • Land 0.8 sq mi (2.0 km2)
 • Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation 4,895 ft (1,492 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 1,514
 • Density 1,582.5/sq mi (611/km2)
Time zone Mountain (MST) (UTC-7)
 • Summer (DST) MDT (UTC-6)
ZIP code 83448
Area code(s) 208
FIPS code 16-78040
GNIS feature ID 0397220
Website sugarcityidaho.gov

Sugar City is a city in Madison County, Idaho, United States. The population was 1,514 at the 2010 census, up from 1,242 in 2000. [2]It is part of the Rexburg Micropolitan Statistical Area.

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History

Sugar City was a company town for the Fremont County Sugar Company, which was part of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, supporting a sugar beet processing factory built in 1903-1904.[3] Since it was created to support the factory, construction workers and early factory families were housed in tents, leading to the nickname "Rag Town".[3] By 1904, the town consisted of 35 houses, two stores, a hotel, an opera house, several boarding houses, two lumber yards, a meat market, and a schoolhouse.[3] The first Mormon ward was the Sugar City Ward, with Bishop Mark Austin. One of his counselors was James Malone, a construction engineer for E. H. Dyer, who was not a Mormon.[3]

In early years the factory had a labor shortage, leading to a local community of NikkeiJapanese migrants and their descendants.[3]

The city was flooded by the waters of the Teton Dam collapse on June 5, 1976.

Geography

Sugar City is located at (43.872317, -111.747331),[1] at an elevation of 4,895 feet (1,492 m) above sea level.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2), all of it land.

Demographics

Historical populations
Census Pop.
1910 391
1920 680 73.9%
1930 621 −8.7%
1940 697 12.2%
1950 684 −1.9%
1960 584 −14.6%
1970 617 5.7%
1980 1,022 65.6%
1990 1,275 24.8%
2000 1,242 −2.6%
2010 1,514 21.9%
source:[2][4]

As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 1,242 people, 326 households, and 292 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,582.5 people per square mile (614.8/km²). There were 336 housing units at an average density of 428.1 per square mile (166.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 92.83% White, 0.16% African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.81% Asian, 4.51% from other races, and 1.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.29% of the population.

There were 326 households out of which 57.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 80.7% were married couples living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 10.4% were non-families. 8.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.81 and the average family size was 4.08.

In the city the population was spread out with 40.6% under the age of 18, 10.9% from 18 to 24, 22.3% from 25 to 44, 19.5% from 45 to 64, and 6.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females there were 101.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $45,500, and the median income for a family was $46,333. Males had a median income of $30,139 versus $22,917 for females. The per capita income for the city was $12,737. About 6.1% of families and 7.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.5% of those under age 18 and 2.3% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Sugar-Salem High School is a small high school located in the town of Sugar City and is part of the Sugar-Salem School District. The district takes in students from the surrounding area, from the community referred to locally as Plano on the west to beyond the town of Newdale on the east. On the north it borders Fremont County, following the Henry's fork of the Snake River, and on the south it borders with Madison School District and the city of Rexburg.

Notable natives

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23. 
  2. ^ a b Spokesman-Review - 2010 census - Sugar City, Idaho - accessed 2011-12-26
  3. ^ a b c d e Arrington, Leonard J. (1966). Beet sugar in the West; a history of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, 1891-1966. University of Washington Press. pp. 63–65. OCLC 234150. 
  4. ^ Moffatt, Riley. Population History of Western U.S. Cities & Towns, 1850-1990. Lanham: Scarecrow, 1996, 99.
  5. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 

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