Official Name: | Sugar Valley, Georgia |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | USA Georgia#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Sugar Valley |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Gordon |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 34.5581°N -85.0119°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 30746 |
Area Code: | 706/762 |
Sugar Valley is an unincorporated community in Gordon County, Georgia, United States, northwest of Calhoun and east of Horn Mountain Ridge. SR 136 runs through the center of the town.
A post office called Sugar Valley has been in operation since 1844.[1] The community may have been named after a grove of sugar maple trees near the original town site.[2]
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Sugar Valley as a town in 1887.[3] The town's municipal charter was repealed in 1995.[4]
Sugar Valley is located near the northwest corner of Gordon County. Nearby is the Oostanaula River. Three miles to the west of Sugar Valley at the extreme edge of Gordon County is the Ridge and Valley region of Georgia where Horn Mountain separates Gordon and Floyd County. The mountain reaches over 1,800 feet in elevation compared to 600 feet in Sugar Valley.