Sugartit (formerly known as Pleasant Ridge and later as Gunpowder in the 1920s)[a][3][4] is a rural community in Boone County, Kentucky, United States.

[7] According to one account, the community received the name Sugartit because the local men would go to its general store during the winter months, when less farm work was needed, and return home late for dinner; their wives would remark that they "had to have a sugar tit at the store".

[3] In 1883, when the community was named Pleasant Ridge, amenities and services included a blacksmith, a general store/paint store, the Pleasant Ridge School, a steam saw and grist mill.

[4] During the time it was named Gunpowder in the 1920s and onward, the community had a post office and general store and a blacksmith shop.

Today, the Sugartit area “has several businesses and amenities on Route 42, such as fast food restaurants, a gas station, a car wash, banks, apartments, a body shop, hardware, a church, a pub and other establishments.