Sugarland Church
Sugarland Church is a church in WV 26269.
to preserve the historic Sugarland church; to maintain a vast collection of historical artifacts, images, and documents; to encourage further research into the history of Sugarland and other African American communities in the area; and to share that history with the wider public.
Taking its name from a local history curriculum developed by Howard University in 1995, the Sugarland Ethno-History Project was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in March 2005 by founder and longtime president Gwen Reese.
WV, 26269Service times
- Sunday 1pm · of th
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The community around Sugarland Church
It takes 5.9 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. A scattered parish is still a parish.
Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.
- Social Isolation: 33.5%
- Depression: 29.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.8%
- Diabetes: 16.9%
- Obesity: 39.7%
- Unemployment: 7.3% (3.4–11.2%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Sugarland Church
- Mount Olive Church — 1 mi away
- Mackeyville Church — 1.8 mi away
- Bethel Church — 3.8 mi away
- Bretz Church of Christ — 4.1 mi away in Parsons, WV
- Hambleton Church of the Brethren — 4.3 mi away in Hambleton, WV
- Goff Memorial Methodist Protestant Church — 4.4 mi away in Hambleton, WV
- First United Brethren Church — 4.5 mi away in Parsons, WV
- First Baptist Church — 4.5 mi away in Parsons, WV
- Parsons Seventh-Day Adventist Church — 4.5 mi away in Parsons, WV
- Church of God — 4.5 mi away in Parsons, WV