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History · Sugar Creek Township

13% of Sugar Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1957 on.

0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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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 writtenNo old photos of Sugar Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Sugar Creek 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 Creek Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
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Places that used to be

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

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

Rockville
1862–1902
Jingo
1885–1902
Sugar
1885–1893
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Drexel CornerJingo
Gone or out of use
Jeserick AirportairportRockvillelocaleSugarlocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Sugar Creek Township
JingoRockville

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

The story so far

Sugar Creek Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Sugar Creek Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Sugar Creek Township is a township in Miami County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 495.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 474 to 495 (+4%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Sugar Creek Township, 1862 to 1957

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1862Post officeThe Rockville post office opens
  3. 1885Post officeThe Jingo post office opens
  4. 1885Post officeThe Sugar post office opens
  5. 1893Post officeThe Sugar post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1902Post officeThe Rockville post office closes
  8. 1902Post officeThe Jingo post office closes
  9. 1957On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings 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, 1957 to 1981

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 1957 USGS mapSugar Creek Township on the 1973 USGS mapSugar Creek Township on the 1981 USGS map1957New Lancaster 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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Vicky HartzlerU.S. Representative from Missouri · b. 1960
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B. H. BornAmerican basketball player · b. 1932
Lafayette RussellAmerican football player and actor · b. 1905
Lynn DickeyAmerican football player · b. 1949
Brody EldridgePlayer of American football · b. 1987
Earl Eugene O'ConnorUnited States federal judge · b. 1922
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Miami Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLincoln TownshipIts storyC−Middle Creek Township1 historic placeB−

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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 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.