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History · Sugar Hill

Sugar Hill’s post office opened in 1839, and 42% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 17 old photos and papers, maps from 1929 on, and the census since 1970.

1839first post office
0on the National Register
42%homes built before 1940
17old photos & papers
1famous people
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From Sugar Hill’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Sugar Hill began

When was Sugar Hill founded?

1839

The Sugar Hill post office opened in 1839, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1962.

First census: 336 in 19702020 census: 647187 years
Founding year: the first Sugar Hill post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1962.The full story ↓

What stands out about Sugar Hill’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A town in old photos17 old photos, postcards and papers, 1898–1940.Deep rootsA post office since 1839: 187 years of Sugar Hill.Old housesHalf of Sugar Hill’s homes were built before 1964.
★ What stands out · By decade

Sugar Hill, decade by decade

5 decades in the archive, from the 1890s to the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1890s–1910s6 items
Morning Mists, Sugar Hill, N.H1898Morning Mists, Sugar Hill, N.HSnow Cross on Mt. Lafayette, Sugar Hill, N.H1898Snow Cross on Mt. Lafayette, Sugar Hill, N.HSugar Hill from the West, Sugar Hill, N.H1898Sugar Hill from the West, Sugar Hill, N.HSugar Hill House [i.e. Sunset Hill House1900Sugar Hill House [i.e. Sunset Hill HouseLookoutc. 1912LookoutMount Lafayette from1913Mount Lafayette from
1930s–1940s9 items
Townspeople going home after Easter Sunday Church services. Sugar Hill, near Franconia, New Hampshire1939Townspeople going home after Easter Sunday Church ser…Untitled photo, possibly related to: Townspeople going home after Easter Sunday Church services. Sugar Hill, near Franc…1939Untitled photo, possibly related to: Townspeople goin…Barn on Minot's farm. Sugar Hill, near Franconia, New Hampshire1940Barn on Minot's farm. Sugar Hill, near Franconia, New…Barns on Mononts Farm. Sugar Hill, near Franconia, New Hampshire1940Barns on Mononts Farm. Sugar Hill, near Franconia, Ne…Drift fence and farm lands from Sugar Hill, near Franconia, New Hampshire1940Drift fence and farm lands from Sugar Hill, near Fran…People leaving church after Easter Sunday Service. Sugar Hill, near Franconia, New Hampshire1940People leaving church after Easter Sunday Service. Su…Drift fence and farm lands from Sugar Hill, near Franconia Notch, New Hampshire1940Drift fence and farm lands from Sugar Hill, near Fran…Workmen going down the hill past cars parked for Easter Sunday church services. Sugar Hill, near Franconia, New Hampshi…1940Workmen going down the hill past cars parked for East…Road going from Minot's farm on Sugar Hill toward Franconia, New Hampshire, with White Mountains in the distance1940Road going from Minot's farm on Sugar Hill toward Fra…
1950s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Date unknown2 to date
Franconia Mountains from Sugar Hill (NBY 658)Date?Franconia Mountains from Sugar Hill (NBY 658)Green MountainsDate?Green Mountains
Today9 recent
Sugar hill volunteer firefighter2022Sugar hill volunteer firefighterSugar Hill Lupine2020Sugar Hill LupineAnnie L. Prat2015Annie L. PratSugar Hill town hall 52014Sugar Hill town hall 5Sugar Hill Meetinghouse2014Sugar Hill MeetinghouseSugar Hill Historical Museum2014Sugar Hill Historical MuseumOtto Lang Peckett's 19362014Otto Lang Peckett's 1936Harman's Cheese2014Harman's CheeseSugar Hill, NH Carolina Crapo Memorial2009Sugar Hill, NH Carolina Crapo Memorial
Timeline

Sugar Hill, 1839 to 1940

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1839Post officeThe Sugar Hill post office opens
  3. 1849Born hereMary Parker Woodworth is born here
  4. 1898In the archiveMorning Mists, Sugar Hill, N.H
  5. 20th century
  6. 1900In the archiveSugar Hill House [i.e. Sunset Hill House
  7. 1912In the archiveLookout
  8. 1927Post officeThe Sugar Hill post office closes
  9. 1929On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  10. 1939In the archiveTownspeople going home after Easter Sunday Church services. Sugar Hill, near Franconia, N…
  11. 1940In the archiveBarn on Minot's farm. Sugar Hill, near Franconia, New Hampshire
The story

How Sugar Hill came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Sugar Hill.

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Incorporated in 1962 out of the town of Lisbon after considerable litigation, Sugar Hill is the most recently incorporated town in the state. The name "Sugar Hill" comes from the large groves of sugar maples within the town limits.

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Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Sugar Hill in 1904

Passages that mention Sugar Hill, cut from the printed page as they were published.

(5) Nicholas B. Dolloff, b. Feb. 6, 1803, m. Jan. 29, 1851, Mrs. Harriet (Mason) Docke, widow of Benjamin and dau. of David Mason. (See.) She d. Nov. 16, 1856, ae. 42-3-24, and he m. (2) Rhoda Aldrich, dau. of Dr. Aldrich, of Sugar Hill, b. Mar. 16, 1813, d. Sept. 29, 1885, ae. 72-6-13. He was a fa…
History of the town of Bristol, Grafton County, New Hampshire1904 · page 143Read the page →
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(5) Nicholas B. Dolloff, b. Feb. 6, 1803, m. Jan. 29, 1851, Mrs. Harriet (Mason) Docke, widow of Benjamin and dau. of David Mason. (See.) She d. Nov. 16, 1856, ae. 42-3-24, and he m. (2) Rhoda Aldrich, dau. of Dr. Aldrich, of Sugar Hill, b. Mar. 16, 1813, d. Sept. 29, 1885, ae. 72-6-13. He was a farmer and also a school teacher and surveyor, and ranked high as a mathematician. In 1830, he purchased an interest in the' saw-mill at Moore's Mills and continued the manufacture of lum-

Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.

Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

On the map

Sugar Hill on the map, 1929 to 1995

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Sugar Hill. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Sugar Hill on the 1929 USGS mapSugar Hill on the 1932 USGS mapSugar Hill on the 1967 USGS mapSugar Hill on the 1988 USGS mapSugar Hill on the 1995 USGS map1929Moosilauke sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Sugar Hill.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Morning Mists, Sugar Hill, N.H
Retake this viewMorning Mists, Sugar Hill, N.H, 1898

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People over time

Sugar Hill, census by census

0100200300400500600700198020002020Peak: 647

Between 336 and 647 people in every census since 1970.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Sugar Hill’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Sugar Hill had its own post office from 1839 to 1927.

Sugar Hill
1839–1927
18301930today
1cemetery inside Sugar Hill
Sunny Side

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Help out

Finish Sugar Hill’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
4 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo2 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewMorning Mists, Sugar Hill, N.H: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Franconia4 historic placesALisbon1 historic placeABethlehem3 historic placesA

Questions about Sugar Hill’s history

What year was Sugar Hill founded?

The Sugar Hill post office opened in 1839, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1962.

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (16), the Library of Congress (10), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.