Sugar Creek

proper noun

A creek, a tributary of the Driftwood River, in Indiana.

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Meanings

Sugar Creek1

proper noun
  1. A watercourse:
    1. A creek, a tributary of the Driftwood River, in Indiana.
    2. A different creek, a tributary of the Wabash River, in Indiana.
    3. A stream in Tennessee, a tributary of Duck River.
    4. A stream in Minnesota.
    5. A tributary of the Tuscarawas River, Ohio.
    6. A tributary of the Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania.
  2. A community in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana.
    2. A city in Clay County and Jackson County, Missouri.
    3. A town in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
    4. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Sugar Creek Township.

Sugar Creek2

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Sugaw Creek (“creek in North Carolina and settlements named after it”).

Origin

Sugar Creek · proper noun

At least the Indiana and Tennessee creeks are named for the sugar maples which grow along their banks.

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Sugar Creek · proper noun

From Catawba; see Sugaw Creek.

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Cite this entry
APA

Sugar Creek. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sugar%20Creek

MLA

“Sugar Creek.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sugar%20Creek. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sugar Creek,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sugar%20Creek.

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