Sugar Creek is a

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of the

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in northeastern

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in the

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. It is 45 miles (72 km) long. Via the Tuscarawas, Muskingum, and

Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the

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, draining an area of 356 square miles (922 km²) on

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and unglaciated portions of the

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. It is the namesake of Sugarcreek, Ohio and of townships in Stark, Tuscarawas and Wayne counties Ohio.

Path of the river

It rises in north-central Wayne County, approximately five miles (8 km) northwest of Smithville, and flows southeastwardly through southwestern Stark County and northwestern

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, past the communities of Smithville, Brewster, Beach City and Strasburg to

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, where it joins the Tuscarawas River from the west.

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(1991). ''Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. pp. 50-51, 61. . Along its course Sugar Creek collects several tributaries that have been given derivative names: *Little Sugar Creek flows northwardly through southeastern Wayne County. *North Fork Sugar Creek, which flows to the south of Sugar Creek, rises in southeastern Wayne County and flows eastwardly into southwestern Stark County. *Middle Fork Sugar Creek rises in northeastern Holmes County and flows northeastwardly into Stark County, where it joins Sugar Creek from the south at Brewster. *South Fork Sugar Creek rises in northeastern Holmes County and flows north-northeastwardly into northwestern Tuscarawas County, through the community of Sugarcreek. Beach City Dam, in Tuscarawas County southeast of Beach City and just downstream of the mouth of the South Fork, was constructed in 1936 by the

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for the purpose of

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control.

Name

Sugar Creek was named for the abundant

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s along its course. According to the

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, Sugar Creek has also been known historically as: *Margarets Creek *Margets Creek *Margret's Creek *Margrets Creek

References

{{authority control Rivers of Ohio Rivers of Holmes County, Ohio Rivers of Stark County, Ohio Rivers of Tuscarawas County, Ohio Rivers of Wayne County, Ohio

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