Sugar Creek

Sugar Creek

English

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

Sugar Creek

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 unincorporatedcommunity 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.

Etymology 2

From Catawba; see Sugaw Creek.

Proper noun

Sugar Creek

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