Editing Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                   = Sugar Grove
| settlement_type        = [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|Borough]]
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| etymology              = the surrounding [[maple]] forests
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| subdivision_name2      = [[Warren County, Pennsylvania|Warren]]
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| established_date       = 1797
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| area_total_sq_mi       = 1.12
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| population_total       = 614
| population_as_of       = [[2010 United States Census|2010]]
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| postal_code              = 16350<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/16350|title=Sugar Grove PA ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2023|access-date=October 31, 2023}}</ref>
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| area_code              = [[Area code 814|814]]
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| website                = [http://www.sugargrovepa.com www.sugargrovepa.com]
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|population_est = 573
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[[File:Sugar Grove, PA Keystone Marker 2.jpg|thumb|right|[[Keystone Marker]] for Sugar Grove]]
'''Sugar Grove''' is a borough in [[Sugar Grove Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania]], [[United States]]. The population was 614 at the 2010 census.

==Geography==
Sugar Grove is located at {{coord|41|58|56|N|79|20|30|W|type:city}} (41.982166, -79.341588).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|1.1|mi2|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1850= 1523
|1860= 1646
|1870= 1729
|1880= 1861
|1890= 292
|1900= 334
|1910= 459
|1920= 371
|1930= 445
|1940= 440
|1950= 520
|1960= 636
|1970= 701
|1980= 630
|1990= 604
|2000= 613
|2010= 614
|estyear=2019
|estimate=573
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|date=May 24, 2020|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="USDecennialCensus">{{cite web|title=Census of Population and Housing|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=11 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref><ref name=CensusPopEst>{{cite web|title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|work=Population Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=11 December 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archive-date=11 June 2013}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 613 people, 232 households, and 180 families residing in the borough. The [[population density]] was {{convert|550.2|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}. There were 250 housing units at an average density of {{convert|224.4|/mi2|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 99.51% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.16% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], and 0.33% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.16% of the population.

There were 232 households, out of which 36.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.4% were non-families. 19.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 27.9% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 15.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 88.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.1 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $36,125, and the median income for a family was $41,964. Males had a median income of $29,519 versus $21,607 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $16,896. About 6.7% of families and 8.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 11.1% of those under age 18 and 4.0% of those age 65 or over.

==History==
On 17–18 June 1854, an anti-slavery convention of abolitionists was held in Sugar Grove at the farm of James Younie<ref>{{cite book |last1=Miller |first1=Franklin R. |title=Diary |date=17–18 June 1854 |publisher=Frank B. Miller Papers Collection, Warren County Historical Society, Warren, Pennsylvania |url=https://www.facebook.com/warrenhistory/photos/a.475551975833154/4797658570289118/?type=3&eid=ARDsl19j8B-_oDd0oaR7ilJXZyVoe8cOU02p1bYnYlHCHS3u49jS62smxGfDODnl4d6Qrc_vi8v2dh7J&locale=hi_IN&paipv=0&eav=Afb8AQg9pPB8dvjqSVbZqMobMxihsy6y-i_0dLsONX0RkrC1pN7t63pqX6905rjaG_8&_rdr}}</ref> on the western end of the village. [[Frederick Douglass]], [[Lewis Clarke]], and [[Jermain Wesley Loguen|Jermain Loguen]] gave speeches during the weekend event. The William and Sarah Storum family of nearby [[Busti, New York]] organized the convention<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Douglass |first1=Frederick |title=Letter from the Editor |journal=Frederick Douglass' Newspaper |date=23 June 1854 |page=2 |url=http://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84026366/1854-06-23/ed-1}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sugar Grove Underground Railroad Convention |url=https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Sugar+Grove+Underground+Railroad+Convention |newspaper=Thefreedictionary.com}}</ref> There were fugitives that [[Joah Carter]] hid during the [[Underground Railroad]] times from the [[Corry, Pennsylvania]] area.

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{{Warren County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Boroughs in Warren County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1893]]
[[Category:1893 establishments in Pennsylvania]]