It is Gwinnett’s unsung town.  People all over the Atlanta area know where Duluth, Suwanee and Buford are.  They know where Lawrenceville and Norcross are.  But then there is Sugar Hill…

As of the 2000 Census, there were more people living in the City Limits of Sugar Hill than in Buford, Lilburn, Norcross and Suwanee.  In 2007, Forbes Magazine named it one of the Top 100 Fastest Growing Suburbs in America, ranking 80th.

The rumor is that the name came from a wagon carrying sugar from Buford to Cumming.  Buford was a regional railhead, and Cumming wasn’t served at all by rail (and still isn’t).  And when a freight wagon lost a wheel on a big hill near Buford, several bags of sugar fell out and broke on the ground.

The evolution probably went from “the hill where the sugar spilled” to “The Sugar Hill” to “Sugar Hill”.  It was chartered as a City in 1939, but was a Georgia Militia District long before that.

Sugar Hill is located between Buford and Suwanee.  It is close to all that North Gwinnett has to offer.  The Mall of Georgia and the Gwinnett Braves Stadium are both only minutes away.  Lake Lanier is just up the road.  Discover Mills and Gwinnett Place Mall are also nearby.  The Peachtree Industrial Blvd and Satellite Blvd commercial corridors both come through the area.

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