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"Sin-Qua-Sip," the Indian name for Sugar Grove,
had its beginning in the Spring of 1834 at what is now known as
Bliss Woods Forest Preserve. Six men, coming from different areas
of the east, met at Black Swamp, Ohio, and decided to journey west
together. These men, James and Issac Isbell, their nephew Parmeno
Isbell, James Carmen and Mr. Bishop, were the founding fathers of
Sugar Grove. At this time, the area was populated by Indians,
hence when these men arrived, they found an abandoned Indian sugar
camp where they took shelter in a brush wigwam, until they were
able to build their first log cabin. In 1835, the first white
women to arrive were the mother and sister of James and Issac and
their brother Lyman and his wife who arrived in the spring of
1835.
In 1839 and the 1840's, the United States
Surveyors came to survey and layout the section lines. These
sections were one square mile and were sold at an auction in
Chicago in 1842 for $1.25 an acre.
The Village of Sugar Grove was incorporated in
1957 with a population of 125. At that time, municipal offices
were located in the basement of the Community House. Sugar Grove
remained predominantly a farming community until the early 1960's
when residential development began on the east side of Route 47.
Development continued on the west side of Route 47 throughout the
1970's, with annexation of Dugan Woods subdivision occurring in
1977. Development of the Windstone, Black Walnut Trails, Strafford
Woods, Mallard Point, and Chelsea Meadows subdivisions began in
late 1980's and has continued into the late 1990's. The late
1990's into the early 2000's saw the development of Windsor Pointe
and the Walnut Woods Subdivision. |
