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.
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’s Wikipedia page.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Sugar Grove in 1887
Passages that mention Sugar Grove, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Warren County, Pennsylvania1887 · page 438Read the page →
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Schools. — The first school kept in Sugar Grove was in 18 1 5, in what was then known as the Utica school district, embracing the present village of Sugar Grove. The first schools were supported by individual subscription, the tuition being valued at from two to five dollars per pupil. The first school was taught by Betsy Wetmore, who was succeeded by James Brown. Other early teachers were J. Q. Wilson and Corbin Kidder. As before stated, John Barr donated an acre of ground to the district for school purposes, which is still used as a site for the union school. About 1869 Frederick Miles be-
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History of Warren County, Pennsylvania1887 · page 437Read the page →
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The Post-office. — It is not known exactly when a regular post-office was established in the village of Sugar Grove, though it seems probable that the first appointee under the general government was Jeremiah Jolls, who, about 1830, had an office a little to the west of Willson's Hotel. It is stated on good authority that John Brown, of Harper's Ferry fame, was at one time a mail carrier through this township, when he resided in Crawford county. Jeremiah Jolls was followed in his federal office by Joshua Van Duzen, whose office was in the same building. Since the expiration of his term the following have
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Timeline
Sugar Grove, 1797 to 1926
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
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 →
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