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Hugo, CO - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Hugo  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Hugo Home page. The Hugo Home page provides as much information as possible on Hugo. Knowing Hugo’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Hugo’s Home page, you will also find Hugo’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Hugo has a population of 749. 45% of Hugo’s inhabitants are Male, and 55 are female. 47.5% of Hugo is married and 71% own their own home. The Average Home price is $87,194, and the average rent is $700. Household median income in Hugo is $47,321, and the individual median income is $24,875. Hugo’s Ethnic is the following: White(93.2%), Hispanic(8.4%), Black(2.8%), Multiple(2.3%), Native(0.9%), Other(0.8%).


In about 1859 the town was developed as a cattle ranching community to supply miners with provisions. The town was also used as a local stage coach stop.There are two stories as to how the town obtained its name. One version says the town was named by the Kansas Pacific Railroad builders after pioneer stage agent (Overland company), Hugo Richards.


Richards later moved to Prescott, Arizona where he became town banker and businessman. Another story says the town was named for Richard Hugo who was a local settler. The town was founded in 1870, and incorporated in 1909.In July 2016, the water supply for the town of Hugo was purportedly contaminated by THC, the main psychoactive component in cannabis.


Subsequent testing found no THC in the water supply, and authorities believe the initial tests were false positives.


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