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History · Sugar Ridge Township

28% of Sugar Ridge Township’s homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: maps from 1910 on.

1on the National Register
28%homes built before 1940
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Where Sugar Ridge Township’s name came from

How did Sugar Ridge Township get its name?

Sugar Ridge Township was named from a high ridge passing through its central portion.

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What stands out about Sugar Ridge 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 writtenNo old photos of Sugar Ridge Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Sugar Ridge Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sugar Ridge Township’s history is told.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Ashboro
1858–1918
Saline City
1872–1951
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Hamlets and corners on the map
AshboroSaline City
Gone or out of use
Ashboro North Pitmine
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Sugar Ridge Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story

How Sugar Ridge Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Sugar Ridge Township.

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Sugar Ridge Township organized in 1854. It was named from a high ridge passing through its central portion.

The Aqueduct Bridge, Feeder Dam Bridge, and Jeffers Bridge are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Timeline

Sugar Ridge Township, 1858 to 1951

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1858Post officeThe Ashboro post office opens
  3. 1872Post officeThe Saline City post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1910On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1918Post officeThe Ashboro post office closes
  7. 1951Post officeThe Saline City post office closes
By decade

Sugar Ridge Township, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Aqueduct Bridge2011Aqueduct Bridge
On the map

Sugar Ridge Township on the map, 1910 to 1986

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

Sugar Ridge Township on the 1910 USGS mapSugar Ridge Township on the 1986 USGS map1910Clay City sheet · 1:62,500

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

On the National Register

1 historic place in Sugar Ridge Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Sugar Ridge Township

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

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Bobby GrimAmerican racing driver · b. 1924
Stuart RandallAmerican actor · b. 1909
Johnnie DavisAmerican actor and singer · b. 1910
John DuganAmerican actor · b. 1953
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Charles A. KrausAmerican chemist · b. 1875
George N. CraigAmerican politician · b. 1909
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Harrison Township2 historic placesAPerry Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWashington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSaline CityIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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.