Editing Sugar Notch, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
[[File:Sugar Notch colliery, by M. A. Kleckner.jpg|thumb|left|Sugar Notch [[colliery]]]]
Sugar Notch was incorporated as a borough on April 3, 1867; it was named for the [[Acer saccharum|sugar maple trees]] surrounding the community. It was originally part of [[Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania|Hanover Township]]. The first [[Burgess (title)|burgess]] was Charles Parrish and the first [[town council|council]] was composed of David Caird, Henry B. Plumb, Samuel Roberts, Adam Shiedel, and George Cyphers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pagenweb.org/~luzerne/patk/WR1.htm|title=A History of Warrior Run Borough|website=www.pagenweb.org}}</ref>

In 1869, the [[Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad]] was constructed near the borough; it was used to transport coal. Sugar Notch was a popular [[coal mining]] community in the 1800s and 1900s. The current [[Seat of local government|municipal building]] was built in 1921.<ref name="sugarnotchborough.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.sugarnotchborough.com/history/|title=Sugar Notch Borough - History|website=www.sugarnotchborough.com}}</ref>

In 1946, following the end of [[World War II]], the [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Roosevelt]] [[Memorial]] was dedicated within the borough; [[Eleanor Roosevelt]] attended the ceremony.<ref name="sugarnotchborough.com"/>