General Facts

The Sugar Creek spans 45 miles long as a tributary of the Tuscarawas River and makes up a portion of the Mississippi River watershed by means of the Tuscarawas, Muskingum, and Ohio Rivers. The Sugar Creek watershed drains approximately 67,500 acres in southeast Wayne County.

How It Got Its Name

The Sugar Creek received its name from the sugar maple trees that once grew along the banks of the stream.