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Welcome to Sugartown ...

Sugartown is located in Chester County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sugartown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1846.

Sugartown is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Sugartown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Sugartown: 610, 484 & 835<3>

Communities Also Named Sugartown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Sugartown - they are located in Georgia, Louisiana (2), Missouri, New York and North Carolina.

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

Communities near Sugartown ...

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

  • Philadelphia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Wilmington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
    • Wilmington is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,376 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilmington <4>
  • Norristown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Chester
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Pottstown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • West Chester
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Phoenixville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Coatesville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Yeadon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeadon
    • Yeadon is located in Delaware County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,489 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yeadon <4>
  • Darby
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby
    • Darby is located in Delaware County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,704 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Darby <4>

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 Sugartown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sugartown.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sugartown. 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 Sugartown.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sugartown ...

Looking for more information about Sugartown? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Sugartown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sugartown.

Adding Sugartown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sugartown in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Sugartown was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

We also found Sugartown in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sugartown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Chester, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sugartown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 610 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 484 or 835. New phone numbers in the Sugartown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 610, 484 or 835. As a result, placing a call in the Sugartown area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.