Sugar Mountain, North Carolina

Sugar Mountain is a village in Avery County, North Carolina, United States. The village is located on Sugar Mountain's north slope. The population was 198 at the 2010 census.GeographySugar Mountain is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.4sqmi, all land. It is located next to Sugar Mountain Ski Area, one of several ski areas in this section of North Carolina.DemographicsAs of the census of 2000, there were 226 people, 121 households, and 61 families residing in the village. The population density was 92.6 people per square mile (35.8/km²). There were 1,212 housing units at an average density of 496.8 per square mile (191.8/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 99.12% White, 0.44% Pacific Islander, and 0.44% from two or more races.The mountains name comes from people who thought the snow on the ground to look like grains of sugar. They were the first settlers here and the name stuck. Another reason for the name Sugar Mountain is because in 1900 a majority of the inhabitants worked in a sugar factory. An old tale said that one night in late January, the sugar in the factory was leaking out of the building and caused a layer of white grains that looked just like snow.There were 121 households out of which 7.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.0% were married couples living together, 4.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 48.8% were non-families. 35.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.87 and the average family size was 2.32.