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of the Driftwood River in east-central

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. Via the Driftwood,

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, Wabash and

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rivers, it is part of the

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of the

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. Sugar Creek was likely so named from the sugar trees growing along its banks.

Course

Sugar Creek rises in western Henry County and flows generally southwestwardly through Madison, Hancock, Shelby and

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counties, past the towns of Spring Lake and New Palestine. It joins the Big Blue River to form the Driftwood River in southeastern Johnson County, west of

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. Sugar Creek has a mean annual discharge of 532 cubic feet per second near

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References

Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry
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(1998). ''Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. . * Rivers of Indiana Rivers of Hancock County, Indiana Rivers of Henry County, Indiana Rivers of Johnson County, Indiana Rivers of Madison County, Indiana Rivers of Shelby County, Indiana Tributaries of the Wabash River {{Indiana-river-stub

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