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Sugar Grove

Ghost town · Cumberland County, Kentucky

Waterview quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1953, 1:24,000)
Waterview quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1953, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Sugar Grove is a ghost town in Cumberland County, Kentucky. It is one of 5 former communities in Cumberland County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 63rd among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Sugar Grove as a historical populated place on the Waterview topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 36.8598° N, 85.4165° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleWaterview
Elevation635 ft
Nearest living townMarrowbone, KY
Distance to it5.1 miles
GNIS feature ID2742626
Coordinates36.85981, -85.41647

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What's there now

Sugar Grove is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Marrowbone, KY (population 56), about 5.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 635 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Sugar Grove?

Sugar Grove is in Cumberland County, Kentucky, at 36.8598, -85.4165.

How many ghost towns are in Cumberland County?

Cumberland County, Kentucky has 5 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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