Sugar Grove, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Berne Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43155. It stands on Rush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lancaster quadrangle. 429 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 781 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSugar Grove grew from 426 to 429 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 426 | |
| 2020 | 429 | +3 (+1%) |
Then and now
1907 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
13 sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1907 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
2,331 words on this townshipA Complete History of Fairfield County, Ohio, published 1877; Pioneer Period and Pioneer People of Fairfield County, Ohio, published 1901 names this settlement in its chapter on Berne Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
It is said that Berne Township was named in honor of the Canton of Berne, in Switzerland, by Samuel Carpenter, at the time of its organization, a citizen. There are two post-offices in the township - Sugar Grove, eight miles below Lancaster,
Passage source: A Complete History of Fairfield County, Ohio, published 1877.
Judge Joseph Stukey built a grist-mill on Rush Creek, just at the foot of what is now Sugar Grove, at a very early period. Mr. Stukey will be remembered as having been one of the Associate Common Pleas Judges for Fairfield County. He served a number of years, embracing the year 1840. He died several years ago.
Passage source: A Complete History of Fairfield County, Ohio, published 1877.
One of the very first settlers in Berne township was Gen. Jonathan Lynch, as early as 1798 or 1799. He lived on what is now the Baldwin farm. He operated a small tan-yard, the first in the county. Here a son was born, December, 1799; one of the first, at least the second, to be born in the county. Gen. Lynch was a very prominent man. He commanded a brigade in the war of 1812. He spent his small fortune in caring for his men, and his children state that he was never
Passage source: Pioneer Period and Pioneer People of Fairfield County, Ohio, published 1901.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Berne Township - it names this place 5 more 5 times.
Fires near this place
24 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Sugar Grove between 2003 and 2020, burning about 86 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8111 |
| 5 April 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7765 |
| 5 April 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 742 |
| 20 April 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7937 |
| 15 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7867 |
| 14 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7850 |
| 9 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 March 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7326 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 2,470 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 2,470 specimens collected within 10 miles of Sugar Grove between 1839 and 1975: 1,806 Animalia, 395 Fungi, 255 Plantae, 7 Protozoa, 5 Unrecorded, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Schrader, Angerman, C. (Carl) & Triplehorn, C. A. (Charles A.), Asa Gray; W. S. Sullivant and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Diderma spumarioides (Fr. & Palmquist) Fr., 1829 | 1890 | Detmers, Freda | Sugar Grove |
![]() | Coleosporium solidaginis (Schwein.) Thüm. | 1891 | M. Craig | Sugar Grove |
![]() | Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | Lancaster |
| Coreopsis discoidea Torr. & A.Gray | 1839 | W. S. Sullivant | ||
![]() | Platanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindl. | 1839 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Saxifraga sullivantii Torr. & A.Gray | 1839 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Trillium erectum var. declinatum A.Gray | 1839 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Ricciocarpos natans (L.) Corda | 1840 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Rudbeckia sullivantii C.L.Boynton & Beadle | 1840 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Amblystegium serpens var. juratzkanum (Schimp.) Rau & Herv. | 1841 | not recorded | |
![]() | Hamatocaulis vernicosus (Mitt.) Hedenäs | 1841 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Ceratodon purpureus (Hedw.) Brid. | 1842 | W. S. Sullivant |
All 2,470 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Sugar Grove: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Blazer Plant A-1 & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Febus Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Morris Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Morris Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Stump Hollow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sugar Grove in 19 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Grove | $5,000 | Several trees were downed in the Sugar Grove area. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Grove | $5,000 | Six trees were downed in Berne Township. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Grove | $4,000 | Multiple large trees were uprooted out of saturated soils. The trees fell onto communication and power lines. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Grove | $3,000 | A couple of trees and several large limbs were reported knocked down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Grove | $3,000 | Trees were downed. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Grove | $2,000 | Several trees were downed. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Grove | $2,000 | Trees were downed due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Grove | $2,000 | Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Grove | $2,000 | Large limbs were downed. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Grove | $1,000 | A couple of large limbs were knocked down. |
| November 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Grove | $1,000 | Two trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Sugar Grove | $1,000 | no account filed |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Grove | $250 | Several large branches were downed. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Sugar Grove | - | Water was flowing over Chicken Coop Hill Road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Grove | - | A large tree limb was downed. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Grove | - | Numerous trees were downed along Horns Mill Road due to damaging thunderstorm winds. The road was closed as a result. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Sugar Grove | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Sugar Grove | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Sugar Grove | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Valley Acres | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Horns Mill | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Swartz Mill | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Lake Estates | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Revenge | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Whites | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| North Berne | 6.1 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Sugar Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2657262 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049225. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.























