Welcome to Sugar Creek ...

So far, we found very little information about Sugar Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Sugar Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sugar Creek, please Contact Us.

Sugar Creek would have been located within present day Lee County<2>.

The location of Sugar Creek has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sugar Creek, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Sugar Creek: Sugar Crk. (or less commonly used: Sugar Ck. or Sugar Cr.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for Sugar Creek is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Sugar Creek was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Sugar Creek still existed, it would have been in the (319) area code.

Communities Also Named Sugar Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 21 communities that are also named Sugar Creek - they are located in Alabama (2), Florida, Georgia (3), Illinois (2), Indiana (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri (2), North Carolina, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, South Carolina and Tennessee (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sugar Creek.

Communities near Sugar Creek ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sugar Creek.

• Fort Madison
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Madison
  • Fort Madison is located in Lee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,263 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Madison <5>
• Keokuk
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keokuk
  • Keokuk is located in Lee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,090 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keokuk <5>
• Hamilton
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hamilton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
  • Hamilton is located in Hancock County (IL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,673 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamilton <5>
• Carthage
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
  • Carthage is located in Hancock County (IL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,419 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carthage <5>
• Canton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
  • Canton is located in Lewis County (MO)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,314 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton <5>
• Kahoka
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kahoka have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kahoka
  • Kahoka is located in Clark County (MO)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,031 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kahoka <5>
• Warsaw
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warsaw have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
  • Warsaw is located in Hancock County (IL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,456 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warsaw <5>
• Nauvoo
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nauvoo
  • Nauvoo is located in Hancock County (IL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,044 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nauvoo <5>
• Donnellson
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnellson
  • Donnellson is located in Lee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 846 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Donnellson <5>
• Montrose
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
  • Montrose is located in Lee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montrose <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Sugar Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sugar Creek.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sugar Creek. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sugar Creek.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sugar Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Sugar Creek.

Adding Sugar Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sugar Creek in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Sugar Creek was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Sugar Creek on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sugar Creek.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Lee County: www.leecounty.org/

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/