Sugar Creek is a

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located in the

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Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...

. It originates in a farm field approximately two miles south of Kempton, Indiana, and travels west-southwest for about U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
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accessed May 19, 2011 before merging with the

Wabash River The Wabash River ( French: Ouabache) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 river that drains most of the state of Indiana in the United States. It flows fro ...

north of Montezuma. The largest community on the waterway is Crawfordsville. Sugar Creek flows through two Indiana state parks, Shades and Turkey Run, and is a popular tourist and

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attraction. The creek and its many small tributaries are noted for the picturesque canyons and small waterfalls they have created in the rocky terrain. The fictional ''

The Sugar Creek Gang Sugar Creek Gang is a series of 36 Christian-themed children's literature books written by Paul Hutchens.Brett, Jennifer (14 November 2004). "Sunny films bring young talent to light", ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'', p. JJ1. The original ser ...

'' series of books is based along this creek. The

Darlington Covered Bridge Darlington Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge located in Franklin Township, Montgomery County, Indiana. It was built in 1868, and is a single span, Howe truss covered bridge that spans Sugar Creek. It measures 166 feet long and has an ov ...

spans Sugar Creek in

Franklin Township, Montgomery County, Indiana Franklin Township is one of eleven townships in Montgomery County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,915 and it contained 801 housing units. Franklin Township was established in 1831. History Darlington Covered ...

. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was listed on the

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in 1990.

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Rivers of Indiana Rivers of Boone County, Indiana Rivers of Montgomery County, Indiana Rivers of Parke County, Indiana Tributaries of the Wabash River {{Indiana-river-stub

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