History · Sugar Hill

A history of Sugar Hill,
since 1962

Postcards, papers and photographs of Sugar Hill from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.

1962established
6old images & papers
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The story

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Incorporated in 1962 out of the town of 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 maples within the town limits.

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Timeline

built from the dates on the items below
1962Established
1890s3 items · Morning Mists, Sugar Hill, N.HCommons
1900Sugar Hill House [i.e. Sunset Hill HouseLOC
1910s2 items · LookoutCommons
1920–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

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Sugar Hill, decade by decade

1920s–
1990s
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Then & now

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