Welcome to Sugar ...
So far, we found very little information about Sugar. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Sugar to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sugar, please Contact Us.
Sugar would have been located within present day Lauderdale County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Sugar, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Sugar is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Sugar was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Sugar was located: 256 & 938<4>
Communities Also Named Sugar ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Sugar - they are located in California, Colorado, Kansas and Utah.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sugar.
Communities near Sugar ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sugar.
- Athens
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Liberty Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
- Pulaski
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Prospect
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- New Prospect is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,880 people
- Wales
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wales is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,031 people
- Loretto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rogersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
- Former name for Rogersville:
- Rodgersville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <5>
- Gordon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gordon is located in Giles County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,192 people
- Saint Joseph
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Sugar. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sugar.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sugar. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sugar.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sugar. See our Newspapers Page for Sugar.
Adding Sugar to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Sugar in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Sugar was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Sugar post office opened in 1882. The Sugar post office closed in 1905.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Sugar.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sugar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Lauderdale, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sugar - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Sugar area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Sugar area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |