Editing Sugar Hill, New Hampshire

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Sugar Hill, New Hampshire
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|map_caption              = Location in [[Grafton County, New Hampshire|Grafton County]], [[New Hampshire]]
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|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[New Hampshire]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in New Hampshire|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Grafton County, New Hampshire|Grafton]]
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|leader_title             = [[Board of selectmen|Select Board]]
|leader_name              = {{ubl|Margaret Connors, Chair|Chris Ellms|Richard Bielefield}}
|established_title        = [[Incorporation (municipal government)|Incorporated]]
|established_date         = 1962
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021">{{cite web |title=2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files – New Hampshire |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2021_Gazetteer/2021_gaz_cousubs_33.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=November 30, 2021}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 44.63
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|area_land_sq_mi          = 
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|area_water_sq_mi         = 
|area_water_percent       = 1.06
|population_as_of         = 2020
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=0600000US3300974740&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=Sugar Hill town, Grafton County, New Hampshire: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=November 30, 2021}}</ref>
|population_total         = 647
|population_density_km2   = 14.7
|population_density_sq_mi = 
|timezone                 = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]
|utc_offset               = -5
|timezone_DST             = [[Eastern Daylight Time Zone|Eastern]]
|utc_offset_DST           = -4
|coordinates              = {{coord|44|12|55|N|71|47|58|W|region:US-NH|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m              = 
|elevation_ft             = 1325
|website                  = {{URL|www.sugarhillnh.org}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 03586
|area_code                = [[Area code 603|603]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 33-74740
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 0873730
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'''Sugar Hill''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Grafton County, New Hampshire|Grafton County]], [[New Hampshire]], United States. The population was 647 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref name="Census 2020"/> an increase over the figure of 563 tabulated in 2010.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US3300974740| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Sugar Hill town, Grafton County, New Hampshire| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=February 6, 2014| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212151221/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US3300974740| archive-date=February 12, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> The town overlooks the [[White Mountain National Forest]], with views of the [[Presidential Range|Presidential]], [[Franconia Range|Franconia]], [[Kinsman Mountain|Kinsman]] and Dalton ranges. Sugar Hill was incorporated as a town in 1962, the most recent in New Hampshire.

== History ==

[[File:Sugar Hill Lupine.jpg|thumb|left|Sugar Hill is known for its [[lupinus|lupine]] blooms every June.]]
Incorporated in 1962 out of the town of [[Lisbon, New Hampshire|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 maple]]s within the town limits.

Offering clean air and panoramic views from atop Sunset Hill Ridge of both the [[White Mountains (New Hampshire)|White Mountains]] and [[Green Mountains]], the community became a fashionable [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] resort. First attracted by paintings of [[White Mountain art]]ists, the wealthy arrived by train to escape the heat, humidity and pollution of summers in [[Boston]], [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]], [[New York City|New York]] and [[Philadelphia]]. Several hostelries were built, including the Hotel Lookoff. But the grandest was the Sunset Hill House, built in 1880 after rail service arrived in neighboring Lisbon Village (Sunset Hill Station). With the longest porch on a single side in New Hampshire, the [[Second Empire architecture|Second Empire]] hotel accommodated 350 guests and 300 staff. Patrons found amusement in the casino and [[bowling alley]], or on [[carriage]] rides touring nearby [[Franconia Notch]]. Built in 1897, the 9-hole Sugar Hill House Golf Course, together with its 1900 clubhouse, are the oldest in the state and are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. [[Bobby Jones (golfer)|Bobby Jones]] played the [[links (golf)|links]].

With the advent of automobiles came a decline in grand hotels, however, as tourists were no longer restricted by the limits of rail service. The Sunset Hill House remained open until 1973, longer than many of its type in the region. But it closed at season's end, when the furnishings were sold at auction. The aging structure was demolished in 1974, although its annex survived and was purchased in 2013 by new owners, to reopen in 2015 as "The Inn at Sunset Hill".
[[File:Otto Lang Peckett's 1936.jpg|left|thumb|Otto Lang, ski instructor, on slope near Peckett's Inn – 1936|247x247px]]

=== Peckett's-on-Sugar Hill ===

Robert P. Peckett Sr. acquired land on Sugar Hill around 1900 and founded the Peckett's-on-Sugar Hill Inn.<ref>Memories of Peckett's Inn, #11 [[New England Ski Museum]] 1984</ref> While hosting winter guests early in the century, the need for increased clientele prompted him, with the assistance of his wife, Katharine Peckett, to establish the first resort-based ski school in the United States.<ref>''New Hampshire and the Emergence of an American Ski Industry'', November 10, 2009, by Jeffrey R. Leich, New England Ski Museum</ref> The first two ski instructors were [[Germans|German]]; they introduced the [[Arlberg technique]] developed by [[Hannes Schneider]] at [[St Anton am Arlberg|St. Anton]]. In 1931, Sig Buchmayr joined the staff. Kate Peckett brought in several more European instructors including [[Otto Lang (film producer)|Otto Lang]] to teach the Arlberg system. Among pupils were [[Nelson Rockefeller]], [[Averell Harriman]], [[Lowell Thomas]], [[Charles Minot Dole|Minot Dole]] and Roger Peabody.<ref>[http://skiinghistory.org/history/timeline-important-ski-history-dates http://skiinghistory.org/history/timeline-important-ski-history-dates]</ref> Subsequent efforts by Kate, the [[Civilian Conservation Corps|CCC]] and others resulted in the development of the Taft Ski Trail and other facilities on the [[Cannon Mountain Ski Area]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newenglandskihistory.com/cccskitrails/NewHampshire/cannonmtn.php |title=Cannon Mountain, New Hampshire - New England's Alpine CCC Ski Trails}}</ref>

=== Image gallery ===
<gallery>
Image:Sunset Hill House & Annex, Sugar Hill, NH.jpg|Sunset Hill House {{circa|1906}}
Image:Mount Lafayette from Sugar Hill, NH.jpg|[[Mount Lafayette]] from Sugar Hill in 1913
Image:Road in Franconia Notch, White Mountains, NH.jpg|Carriage ride {{circa|1905}}
Image:Green Mountains, Sugar Hill, NH.jpg|Green Mountains from Sugar Hill {{circa|1920}}
Image:Sugar Hill town hall 5.JPG|Town hall
</gallery>

== Geography ==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|44.6|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|44.2|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.5|sqkm|order=flip|1}} are water, comprising 1.06% of the town.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021"/> Sugar Hill is drained by the [[Gale River]] and other tributaries of the [[Ammonoosuc River]], part of the [[Connecticut River]] watershed. The town is crossed by [[New Hampshire Route 117]]. [[Interstate 93]] and [[New Hampshire Route 18]] pass through the northeastern corner of the town. The highest point in Sugar Hill is the summit of Bronson Hill, at {{convert|2078|ft|m}} above [[sea level]], in the southwestern corner of the town.

== Demographics ==

{{US Census population
|1970= 336
|1980= 397
|1990= 464
|2000= 563
|2010= 563
|2020= 647
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|estimate=
|estref=
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="Census 2020"/><ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}
[[File:Sugar Hill Meetinghouse.JPG|thumb|right|Sugar Hill Meetinghouse, listed on the [[New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places]]]]
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 563 people, 258 households, and 164 families residing in the town.  The population density was {{convert|32.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 385 housing units at an average density of 22.5 per square mile (8.7/km{{sup|2}}).  The racial makeup of the town was 98.40% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.24% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 0.36% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.18% of the population.

There were 258 households, out of which 22.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.4% were non-families. 29.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.72.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 18.1% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 24.2% from 25 to 44, 33.7% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.9 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.3 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $49,219, and the median income for a family was $60,288. Males had a median income of $36,667 versus $25,714 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $29,743.  About 4.3% of families and 5.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including none of those under age 18 and 10.6% of those age 65 or over.

== Notable people ==

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* [[Bette Davis]] (1908–1989), actress (summer visitor)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nhmagazine.com/March-2012/Bette-Davis-Eyes-Sugar-Hill/|title = Bette Davis Eyes Sugar Hill|date = March 2012}}</ref>
* [[Ernest Poole]] (1880–1950), novelist
* [[Potter Stewart]] (1915–1985), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/07/us/stewart-an-ex-justice-hospitalized-by-stroke.html|title=Stewart, an Ex-Justice, Hospitalized by Stroke|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 7, 1985}}</ref>
* [[Harlan Fiske Stone]] (1872–1946), Chief Justice of the United States<ref>Alpheus Mason, ''Harlan Fiske Stone'', 1956, p. 658</ref>
* [[William C. Sullivan]] (1912–1977), FBI agent, killed in a hunting accident on November 9, 1977, in Sugar Hill
* [[Mary Parker Woodworth]] (1849–1919), writer, speaker

== Sites of interest ==

*[[List of New Hampshire historical markers (51–75)#73|New Hampshire Historical Marker No. 73]]: First Ski School in America
*[[Polly's Pancake Parlor]], a [[James Beard Foundation]] American Classic

==References==
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== External links ==

* {{Official website|www.sugarhillnh.org}}
* [https://www.nhes.nh.gov/elmi/products/cp/profiles-htm/sugarhill.htm New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Profile]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Sugar Hill
 | North     = [[Littleton, New Hampshire|Littleton]]
 | Northeast = [[Bethlehem, New Hampshire|Bethlehem]]
 | East      = [[Franconia, New Hampshire|Franconia]]
 | Southeast = [[Franconia, New Hampshire|Franconia]]
 | South     = [[Easton, New Hampshire|Easton]]
 | Southwest = [[Landaff, New Hampshire|Landaff]]
 | West      = [[Lisbon, New Hampshire|Lisbon]]
 | Northwest = [[Lisbon, New Hampshire|Lisbon]]
}}

{{Grafton County, New Hampshire}}

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[[Category:Towns in Grafton County, New Hampshire]]
[[Category:Towns in New Hampshire]]