Sugar Creek Township, Wayne County, Ohio
Historical Information
Sugar Creek Township is one of four original townships of Wayne County, Ohio as defined on 11 April 1812.
Reportedly named after a creek.[1]
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.[2]
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 | ||
Sonnenberg |
Maps
1873 Caldwell's Atlas of Wayne County, Ohio
1897 Caldwell's Atlas of Wayne County, Ohio
Businesses
Churches
Schools
Active
Historical One Room Schools
- No. 1 = Sugar Grove/Chestnut Grove
- No. 2 = Silver Hall
- No. 3 = Dalton Village
- No. 4 = Green Oak
- No. 5 = Moscow
- No. 6 = Center/Moser
- No. 7 = Pleasant Valley
- No. 8 = Schilling's
- No. 9 = Boone's
- No. 10 = Sonnenberg