Sugartown is an unincorporated settlement that is located in central Willistown Township,

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, United States, at the intersection of Sugartown and Boot Roads. It is situated eighteen miles west of

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History

The town was named after Eli Shugart, a 19th-century tavern keeper. Sugartown is a typical crossroads village that provides goods and services to the surrounding farm community. It played an important part in the development of Willistown and contains an inn, general store, blacksmith and wheelwright, cabinetmaker, saddler, shoemaker and a doctor. The Sugartown Historic District is a national

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that encompasses fourteen contributing buildings. It includes the Sign of the Spread Eagle tavern (), the Sugartown Store (c. 1800) and residence (1860), the Willistown Township Building (1909), "Coxefield" (c. 1790), a shoemaker's shop (c. 1790), the Sugartown School (1866), the Friends school (1782–1783, 1862), and a schoolmaster's house (1785). ''Note:'' This includes

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Historic Sugartown
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