Sugar Grove, North Carolina
| Sugar Grove | |
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| Coordinates: 36°15′28″N 81°47′17″W / 36.25778°N 81.78806°WCoordinates: 36°15′28″N 81°47′17″W / 36.25778°N 81.78806°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Watauga County |
| Founded | 1837 |
| Elevation | 2,677 ft (816 m) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 28679 |
| Area code(s) | 828 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1015921[1] |
Sugar Grove is an unincorporated community located in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. It is named after the sugar maples that grow in the area.[2] The community is located along US 321, west of Vilas and Boone, along the banks of Cove Creek.
[edit] History
Sugar Grove was founded in 1837, when John Mast opened the Sugar Grove Post Office; that year he reported a revenue of $14.[2] During the Civil War, Company E of the 37th Confederate Regiment was organized September, 1861. Between 1864-1865, the home guard battalion of Watauga was stationed at Camp Mast, nearby Sugar Grove. On February 5, 1865, Camp Mast surrendered, by majority vote, after being surrounded at dawn by a battalion of around 100 Union soldiers, led by Captain James Champion, of Indiana; those who voted for surrender were quickly paroled and discharged. In 1915, the first cheese factory in the area was established in Sugar Grove (unknown when closed).[3]
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[edit] References
- ^ "Sugar Grove, North Carolina". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1015921. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
- ^ a b Federal Writers' Project (1939). North Carolina: A Guide to the Old North State. North American Book Dist LLC. ISBN 9780403021826.
- ^ Arthur, John Preston (1992). A History of Watauga County, North Carolina. The Overmountain Press. ISBN 9780932807663.
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