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Welcome to Sugar Bush ...

Sugar Bush is located in Outagamie County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sugar Bush, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

Sugar Bush is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Sugar Bush lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Sugar Bush ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Wisconsin communities named Sugar Bush: This one is located in Outagamie County and the other is located in Brown County.

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

Communities near Sugar Bush ...

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

  • New London
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • New London is located in Waupaca County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
  • Waupaca
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
  • Clintonville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
  • Hortonville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
  • Weyauwega
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Weyauwega is located in Waupaca County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
  • Black Creek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
  • Manawa
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Manawa is located in Waupaca County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
  • Iola
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Iola is located in Waupaca County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
  • Marion
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Marion is located in Waupaca County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
  • Shiocton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people

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

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

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

Adding Sugar Bush to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sugar Bush 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 (so far) for Sugar Bush was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Sugar Bush post office opened in 1858. The Sugar Bush post office closed in 1958.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Outagamie, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sugar Bush - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/