Sugar Hill, New Hampshire
| Sugar Hill, New Hampshire | |
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| Town | |
The Sunset Hill House, Sugar Hill, c. 1910
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 Location in Grafton County, New Hampshire |
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| Coordinates: 44°12′55″N 71°47′58″W / 44.21528°N 71.79944°WCoordinates: 44°12′55″N 71°47′58″W / 44.21528°N 71.79944°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Hampshire |
| County | Grafton |
| Incorporated | 1962 |
| Government | |
| • Board of Selectmen | Richard Bielefield, Chair John J. Strasser III Margaret Connors |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17.2 sq mi (44.5 km2) |
| • Land | 17.0 sq mi (44.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2) 1.06% |
| Elevation | 1,325 ft (404 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 563 |
| • Density | 33/sq mi (12.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 03586 |
| Area code(s) | 603 |
| FIPS code | 33-74740 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0873730 |
| Website | www |
Sugar Hill is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 563 at the 2010 census. Sugar Hill is a tightly knit community which overlooks the White Mountain National Forest, with views of the Presidential, Franconia, Kinsman and Dalton ranges. Sugar Hill was incorporated as a town in 1962, making it the most recent in New Hampshire to be split from another town.
This town is New Hampshire's second youngest, having incorporated in 1962 (the township of Hart's Location in Carroll County incorporated as a town in 2001) out of the town of Lisbon after considerable litigation. The name "Sugar Hill" comes from a large grove of sugar maples in the hills.
With clean air and panoramic views from atop Sunset Hill Ridge of both the White Mountains and Green Mountains, the community became a fashionable Victorian resort. First attracted by paintings of White Mountain artists, the wealthy arrived by train to escape the heat, humidity and pollution of summers in Boston, Hartford, New York and Philadelphia. Several hostelries were built, including the Hotel Lookoff. But the grandest was the Sunset Hill House, built in 1880 after rail service arrived in neighboring Lisbon Village (Sunset Hill Station). With the longest porch on a single side in New Hampshire, the Second Empire hotel accommodated 350 guests and 300 staff. Patrons found amusement in the casino, bowling alley, or on carriage rides touring nearby Franconia Notch. Built in 1897, the 9-hole Sugar Hill House Golf Course, together with its 1900 clubhouse, are the oldest in the state and today listed on the National Register. Bobby Jones played the links.
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