Sugarville was a community near Put Creek in
Joshua Township,
Fulton County, Illinois. It once had several houses, a blacksmith shop, and a general store. It no longer exists today.
The
Geographic Names Information System lists it only as part of an alias for Moore Cemetery in
Joshua Township.
Skeeter Bonn
Skeeter Bonn (Junior Lewis Boughan, 6 April 1923 – 6 November 1994) was a singer and guitar player on several national country music radio programs and had several singles on RCA Victor in the 1950s. He was known as the "pickin' and sin ...
(Junior Lewis Boughan) was born in Sugarville; he moved to
Canton
Canton may refer to:
Administrative division terminology
* Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland
* Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French
Arts and ent ...
when he was 13. In the 1950s, he was a
country music performer on several national radio shows, including the
WLS ''
National Barn Dance''.
References
Populated places in Fulton County, Illinois
Ghost towns in Illinois
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