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History · Sugar Grove Township

Sugar Grove Township dates to 1797, and 18% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 59% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Below: maps from 1926 on and the census since 1850.

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0on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Sugar Grove Township began

When was Sugar Grove Township founded?

1797

Sugar Grove Township dates its founding to 1797 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1850.

First census: 1,523 in 18502020 census: 1,609229 years

How historic is Sugar Grove Township?

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More historic than 59% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1866.The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Sugar Grove Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Sugar Grove Township is more historic than 59% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Sugar Grove Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1797, from Wikidata: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194018.2% of homes (±5.9) · typical PA town 17.7% · U.S. 8.4%B+National RegisterNo listings counted · typical PA town 2.1 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 59%
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Pennsylvania towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Pennsylvania town has 2.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Sugar Grove Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (25% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

NoteThe founding year comes from Wikidata alone; no second source gives 1797.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±5.9 points).

Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Sugar Grove Township’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Sugar Grove Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 1,861 in 1880; 564 people lived here in 2020.Deep rootsEstablished in 1797: 229 years of Sugar Grove Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sugar Grove Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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People over time

Sugar Grove Township, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0001850190019502000Peak: 1,861

Peaked at 1,861 in 1880; 564 people lived here in 2020.

18 censuses, 1850–2020.

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

Timeline

Sugar Grove Township, 1797 to 1926

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

  1. 18th century
  2. 1797
    FoundingSugar Grove Township is established
  3. 19th century
  4. 1866Post officeThe Chandlers Valley post office opens
  5. 1880CensusPopulation peaks at 1,861
  6. 1897Post officeThe Nuttall post office opens
  7. 1899Post officeThe Nuttall post office closes
  8. 20th century
  9. 1926On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story

How Sugar Grove Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Sugar Grove Township.

Read it all →

On 17–18 June 1854, an anti-slavery convention of abolitionists was held in Sugar Grove at the farm of James Younie on the western end of the village. Frederick Douglass, Lewis Clarke, and Jermain Loguen gave speeches during the weekend event. The William and Sarah Storum family of nearby Busti, New York organized the convention and likely provided accommodations for the speakers. Local abolitionist Cynthia Catlin Miller hosted Douglass for tea.

There is a local celebration of the June 1854 anti-slavery convention that likewise recalls the Juneteenth holiday. There were fugitives that Joah Carter hid during the Underground Railroad times from the Corry, Pennsylvania area.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Sugar Grove Township, decade by decade

Today28 recent
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On the map

Sugar Grove Township on the map, 1926 to 1975

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

Sugar Grove Township on the 1926 USGS mapSugar Grove Township on the 1943 USGS mapSugar Grove Township on the 1968 USGS mapSugar Grove Township on the 1975 USGS map1926Youngsville 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 Grove Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Nuttall, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Chandlers Valley
1866–today
Nuttall
1897–1899
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Chandlers Valley
Gone or out of use
Brown Hill SchoolschoolHazeltine SchoolschoolStillson Hill SchoolschoolSugar Grove Oil Fieldoilfield
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Sugar Grove Township
Chandlers ValleyWesleyan

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Farmington TownshipIts storyC+Freehold TownshipIts storyCBrokenstraw Township1 historic placeA−Conewango TownshipIts storyB+

Questions about Sugar Grove Township’s history

What year was Sugar Grove Township founded?

In 1797, according to Wikidata. Sugar Grove Township’s post office opened in 1866, and the census of 1850 counted 1,523 people here.

How does Sugar Grove Township rank for history?

Sugar Grove Township is more historic than 59% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

How old are the homes in Sugar Grove Township?

18% of Sugar Grove Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.9 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1981.

Memory lane

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (28), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.