Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania

Sugar Grove is located at 41°58′56″N 79°20′30″W (41.982166, -79.341588).[3]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.9 km²), all of it land.

At the 2000 census there were 613 people, 232 households, and 180 families residing in the borough. The population density was 550.2 people per square mile (213.2/km²). There were 250 housing units at an average density of 224.4 per square mile (87.0/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 99.51% White, 0.16% African American, and 0.33% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.16%.[5]

Of the 232 households 36.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.6% were married couples living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.4% were non-families. 19.8% of households were one person and 13.4% were one person aged 65 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% 65 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 household income was $36,125 and the median family income 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.

• Rob Buck of the band 10,000 Maniacs is buried in Mission Cemetery in Sugar Grove.
• Gene Johnson, mandolinist and tenor vocalist of the country band Diamond Rio, grew up in Sugar Grove.[7]
• There was a convention in Sugar Grove during the time that slaves came to the North and Canada by the Underground Railroad. It was re-held every year in the middle of June.
• There were fugitives that Joah Carter hid during the Underground Railroad times from the Corry, Pennsylvania area.
• Location of Camp Stone, a summer camp run by the Bnei Akiva.