1792 G. Imlay 136 Luxuriant sugar groves.
1847 in (31st Congress, 1st Sess.) (1849) No. 5. iii. 629 A ridge covered with sugar maples, formerly an Indian sugar grove.
1948 E. N. Dick 247 A clump numbering from one hundred to three hundred trees was chosen for the operation. Such a clump came to be called a sugar grove.