Editing Sugar Notch, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
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|subdivision_name2 = [[Luzerne County, Pennsylvania|Luzerne]]
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|government_type = Borough Council
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = [[William Davis (mayor)|William Davis]]
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|population_total = 996 {{increase}}
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|timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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|area_code = [[Area code 570|570]]
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'''Sugar Notch''' is a [[borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Luzerne County, Pennsylvania|Luzerne County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was nine hundred and ninety-six at the time of the 2020 census.<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/>

==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"/>

==Geography==
Sugar Notch is located at {{coord|41|11|46|N|75|55|50|W|type:city}} (41.196149, -75.930448).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=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|2.8|sqkm|disp=flip}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1870= 724
|1880= 1582
|1890= 2586
|1900= 1887
|1910= 2439
|1920= 2612
|1930= 2768
|1940= 2505
|1950= 2002
|1960= 1524
|1970= 1333
|1980= 1191
|1990= 1044
|2000= 1023
|2010= 989
|2020= 996
|estyear=2021
|estimate=995
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|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|accessdate=11 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=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|df=}}</ref>
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[[File:Sugar Notch, PA municipal building (1), Sept. 2023.jpg|thumb|Sugar Notch Municipal Building]]
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were one thousand twenty-three people, four hundred and seventeen households and two hundred and eighty-eight families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|1,002.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were four hundred and fifty-nine housing units at an average density of {{convert|449.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.

The racial makeup of the borough was 99.41% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.10% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.10% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.39% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.29% of the population.

There were four hundred and seventeen households, out of which 25.2% had children under the age of eighteen living with them, 48.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 16.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.9% were non-families.

27.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.8% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 19.5% under the age of eighteen, 7.9% from eighteen to twenty-four, 27.9% from twenty-five to forty-four, 23.1% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 21.7% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-two years.

For every one hundred females there were 92.7 males. For every one hundred females aged eighteen and over, there were 85.2 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $33,125, and the median income for a family was $38,906. Males had a median income of $30,430 compared to that of $21,563 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $15,902.

Roughly 8.0% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 18.5% of those under age eighteen and 6.0% of those aged sixty-five or over.

The borough's population peaked in 1930 (with 2,768 residents). The population of Sugar Notch has been in constant decline since that decade. The population had fallen to nine hundred and sixty-four by 2017.

==Education==
It is in the [[Hanover Area School District]]<!--UNI 11420-->.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42079_luzerne/DC20SD_C42079.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Luzerne County, PA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-12-13}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42079_luzerne/DC20SD_C42079_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|www.sugarnotchborough.com}}

{{Luzerne County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1867]]
[[Category:Boroughs in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1867 establishments in Pennsylvania]]