Sugar Creek Township, Wayne County, Ohio
Historical Information
Sugar Creek Township is one of four original townships of Wayne County, Ohio, originating on April 11, 1812.[1]
It was formed from all of the originally surveyed townships 16, 17, and 18 in range 11, and the northern part of township 15 in range 11, along with all of townships 16, 17, and 18 in range 12, with the northern part of township 15 in range 12.[2]
Reportedly named after a creek.[3]
Supposedly James Goudy started the third permanent white settlement in Wayne County in the fall of 1809 when he settled two miles southwest of Dalton.[4]
Place Names
Present Name | Former Name(s) | Plat Date |
---|---|---|
Angelville | ||
Dalton | Dover, Middletown, Sharon | Dover surveyed 16 Oct 1817, Sharon surveyed 29 Mar 1828 |
Kidron | ||
Kidron Station | Sonnenberg Station | |
Moscow |
McQuaid, No. 1 P.O. |
1815; vacated 1878 |
Riceland | (pt Sugar Creek,
pt East Union) | |
Silver Hill | ||
Snake Hollow | ||
Snively | ||
Sonneberg |
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1873 Caldwell's Atlas of Wayne County, Ohio
1897 Caldwell's Atlas of Wayne County, Ohio
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- Moscow Baptist Church[5]
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- M. E. Church[8]
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References
- ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 843.
- ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 56.
- ↑ Wayne County Scrapbook, compliments of McIntire,Davis & Greene Funeral Home.
- ↑ Wayne County Scrapbook, compliments of McIntire,Davis & Greene Funeral Home.
- ↑ Wayne County History Book Committee. A History of Wayne County, Ohio. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1987. pg. 45.
- ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 847.
- ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 848.
- ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 847.
- ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 845.
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