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History · Sugar Creek Township

Sugar Creek Township dates to 1841, and 58% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1961 on.

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How Sugar Creek Township began

When was Sugar Creek Township founded?

1841

Sugar Creek Township dates its founding to 1841 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1873.

2020 census: 456185 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1873.The full story ↓

What stands out about Sugar Creek Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Sugar Creek Township’s homes were built before 1938.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Sugar Creek Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.Deep rootsEstablished in 1841: 185 years of Sugar Creek Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sugar Creek Township’s history is told.

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The story

How Sugar Creek Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Sugar Creek Township.

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The first settler in the area of Sugar Creek Township was Williams Harris, who arrived in 1828, built a cabin and hunted and fished in the wilderness — he was the only white inhabitant for four years, until the arrival of farmer Abner Dunn and his family in 1832, then Merrill Cooper and blacksmith W. V. McKinney in 1835. Though originally slow, settlement in the township increased in the 1840s and by 1850 its population was 477; by 1860 it was 719, in 1870 it was 964, and in 1880 it was 1410.

The area's residents petitioned in 1841 for their own township, a request granted by the county commissioners who formed Sugar Creek Township from a portion of Jackson.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Pickard's Mills
1873–1895
Pickard
1895–1906
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Pickard
1cemetery inside Sugar Creek Township
Hill's Baptist Church

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Timeline

Sugar Creek Township, 1841 to 1961

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1841
    FoundingSugar Creek Township is established
  3. 1873Post officeThe Pickard's Mills post office opens
  4. 1895Post officeThe Pickard's Mills post office closes
  5. 1895Post officeThe Pickard post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1903In the archive20th century atlas of Clinton County, Indiana - containing maps of villages, cities and t…
  8. 1906Post officeThe Pickard post office closes
  9. 1961On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Sugar Creek Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s1 item
20th century atlas of Clinton County, Indiana - containing maps of villages, cities and townships of the county, of the…190320th century atlas of Clinton County, Indiana - conta…Map
1910s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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On the map

Sugar Creek Township on the map, 1961 to 1984

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Sugar Creek Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Sugar Creek Township on the 1961 USGS mapSugar Creek Township on the 1984 USGS map1961Kirklin sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Sugar Creek Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Sugar Creek Township

Nobody well known was born in Sugar Creek Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Will GeerAmerican actor and activist · b. 1902
Charles AidmanAmerican actor · b. 1925
Anthony CarusoFilm, television actor · b. 1916
Valentine GrantAmerican actress · b. 1881
John BunchAmerican jazz pianist · b. 1921
May WallaceActress · b. 1877
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Marion TownshipIts storyBKirklin Township1 historic placeB+Johnson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJefferson TownshipIts storyB

Questions about Sugar Creek Township’s history

What year was Sugar Creek Township founded?

In 1841, according to Wikidata. Sugar Creek Township’s post office opened in 1873.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.