Welcome to Sugar Loaf ...

Sugar Loaf is located in Orange County<1>.

The location of Sugar Loaf has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sugar Loaf, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1829.

Sugar Loaf is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Sugar Loaf lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Websites for Sugar Loaf ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.orangeny.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Sugar Loaf, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Sugar Loaf ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Sugar Loaf - they are located in Arkansas (2), Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sugar Loaf.

Communities near Sugar Loaf ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sugar Loaf.

• Spring Valley
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
  • Spring Valley is located in Rockland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,258 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Valley <4>
• Palm Tree
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Tree
  • Palm Tree is located in Orange County
• Kiryas Joel
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiryas Joel
  • Kiryas Joel is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,953 people
• Middletown
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
  • Middletown is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,023 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Middletown <4>
• Newburgh
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburgh
  • Newburgh is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,902 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newburgh <4>
• Peekskill
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peekskill
  • Peekskill is located in Westchester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,087 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peekskill <4>
• Haverstraw
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverstraw
  • Haverstraw is located in Rockland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,035 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haverstraw <4>
• Woodbury
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodbury have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
  • Woodbury is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,058 people
• Suffern
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffern
  • Suffern is located in Rockland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,970 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Suffern <4>
• West Haverstraw
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Haverstraw have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haverstraw
  • West Haverstraw is located in Rockland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,167 people

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 Loaf. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sugar Loaf.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sugar Loaf. 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 Loaf.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sugar Loaf. See our Newspapers Page for Sugar Loaf.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sugar Loaf ...

Looking for more information about Sugar Loaf? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Sugar Loaf, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Sugar Loaf.

Adding Sugar Loaf to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sugar Loaf in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Sugar Loaf was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Sugar Loaf post office opened in 1829.

We also found Sugar Loaf in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sugar Loaf.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sugar Loaf. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Orange County: www.co.orange.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/