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Sugar Creek

Ghost town · Lee County, Iowa

Wayland quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1949, 1:24,000)
Wayland quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1949, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Sugar Creek is a ghost town in Lee County, Iowa. It is one of 8 former communities in Lee County on the federal names register. No county in Iowa has more among the 79 Iowa counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Sugar Creek as a historical populated place on the Wayland topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 40.4078° N, 91.5052° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleWayland
Elevation493 ft
Nearest living townMooar, IA
Distance to it3.6 miles
GNIS feature ID464347
Coordinates40.40782, -91.50516

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What's there now

Sugar Creek is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Mooar, IA (population 260), about 3.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 493 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Sugar Creek?

Sugar Creek is in Lee County, Iowa, at 40.4078, -91.5052.

How many ghost towns are in Lee County?

Lee County, Iowa has 8 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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