Sugarcreek
Village · Tuscarawas County · 2,380 residents · 1.5% municipal income tax
Local events in Sugarcreek
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How Sugarcreek began
Sugarcreek grew from Shanesville, laid out in May 1814 by Abraham Shane of New Philadelphia on a ridge in Sugar Creek Township, with a lot reserved for a German school and meeting house. German Reformed and Lutheran churches, mills and a wool-carding trade followed; the Connotton Valley Railroad arrived in 1883, and a fatal floor collapse at a Knights of Pythias festival on December 31, 1881 killed ten. In the 20th century, according to Wikipedia, Swiss cheese-making and a Swiss tourism identity (from the 1950s, especially after 1965) led to the nickname Little Switzerland of Ohio; Shanesville and Sugarcreek merged in 1969. The village had 2,373 residents in 2020.
Settled 1814 (Shanesville), platted May 1814 (Shanesville, 101 lots), incorporated 1969 (merger of Shanesville and Sugarcreek under the Sugarcreek name, according to Wikipedia), by Abraham Shane of New Philadelphia.
Where the name comes from
Shanesville was named for its proprietor, Abraham Shane of New Philadelphia, who laid it out in May 1814 (Wikipedia gives the founder as 'Anthony Shane'; the 1884 county history says Abraham). The village stands in Sugar Creek Township. When Shanesville and the adjoining village of Sugarcreek merged in 1969 the combined village kept the Sugarcreek name.
Before the town
Wikipedia says Shanesville was founded where two Indian trails crossed, now Ohio routes 39 and 93; no source names the nations that used them. The 1884 county history says Indians who took up the hatchet in the War of 1812 had hunted shortly before in the valley of Sugar Creek, and that rumors of an Indian attack once sent settlers fleeing east, to return when the rumor proved false.
- Indian trail crossing at Shanesville (trail) — the site of present Sugarcreek, at the crossing now followed by Ohio State Routes 39 and 93, pre-1814 (en.wikipedia.org)
Timeline
- — The county commissioners erect Sugar Creek Township on March 7, with the first election at Frederick Domer's house.
- — Abraham Shane of New Philadelphia lays out Shanesville in May on the northeast quarter of Section 3 on a ridge nearly a mile from Sugar Creek; the plat is a cross with a public square and 101 lots, lot 100 given for a German school and meeting house (Wikipedia names the founder Anthony Shane and notes two Indian trails crossing at the site).
- — Shanesville has 57 residents and a merchant, William D. Mefendish, advertising in the Tuscarawas Chronicle; a tavern keeper named Christopher Ritter moves to the Black Horse tavern in 1821.
- — The German Reformed congregation is organized by Rev. W. Reiter; in 1828 the German Reformed and Lutherans jointly build a church, with the cornerstone laid September 3.
- — According to Wikipedia, Swiss immigrants begin arriving in the area in the early part of the decade and start a cheese-making industry using milk from local Amish dairy farms.
- — Shanesville has 226 residents, 382 in 1850, 321 in 1860, 360 in 1870, and 368 in 1880.
- — On New Year's Eve, December 31, the floor of the Goeler Building gives way during a Knights of Pythias festival with over two hundred people present; ten die of burns and injuries.
- — The Connotton Valley Railroad opens in spring half a mile east of Shanesville, bringing a planing mill, tile works and a grain warehouse in 1882-83.
- — Local organizers create the annual Ohio Swiss Festival, an early step in building the village's Swiss identity.
- — Business leaders begin actively remaking the town's public identity around its Swiss heritage, developing what becomes its tourism economy.
- — Shanesville and the adjoining village of Sugarcreek merge, adopting the Sugarcreek name for the combined village (according to Wikipedia).
- — Sugarcreek's World's Largest Cuckoo Clock appears on the cover of the Guinness World Records book.
Stories
From a trail crossing to Little Switzerland
Shanesville was laid out in May 1814 by Abraham Shane of New Philadelphia (Wikipedia names the founder as Anthony Shane), at a spot where two Indian trails crossed, now the intersection of Ohio State Routes 39 and 93. According to Wikipedia, in the early 1830s Swiss immigrant families settled in the area and, using milk from Amish dairy farms, began making cheese. The town began holding an annual Ohio Swiss Festival in the 1950s and from 1965 built a Swiss tourism identity, with the nickname Little Switzerland of Ohio. Shanesville merged with the neighboring village of Sugarcreek in 1969, taking the Sugarcreek name, and in 1977 the village's giant cuckoo clock appeared on the cover of the Guinness World Records book.
The Shanesville horror
On New Year's Eve 1881 the Knights of Pythias held a festival on the second floor of the Goeler Building, at the southwest corner of the square, and over two hundred people packed the small hall, lingering to hear the village band while boys beat time with their feet. Suddenly the floor parted in the center and the crowd, with a stove, lamps and furniture, fell into the store below. Fire caught the clothes of the victims, and the store doors, barred by the fallen floor, had to be broken down from outside. Ten people died of their injuries, among them Mary Neff, Catharine Yoder and her son Melta, Frederick Schlarb the clothier and Frederick Weimer the blacksmith, and hardly a house in the village was without a sufferer.
Photographs
Photo: Mike Sharp (Wikimedia Commons user 2old), CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: David Wilson, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · archive.org
Water
Mostly private wells The water here
- Sugarcreek Village93% of residentsGroundwater wells (4 wells)
- Walnut Creek Water Co.7% of residentsGroundwater wells (3 wells)
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Sugarcreek's boundary: 1 fire or EMS station, 2 public schools, 1 library, 2 museums, 1 police station and 9 Toxics Release Inventory facilities. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Fire and EMS stations (1)
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Sugarcreek Fire and RescueSugarcreek
- Address
- 152 North Broadway Street, Sugarcreek, OH 44681
- Coordinates
- 40.50452, -81.64012
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance.
Public schools (2)
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Garaway High School4 of 5 stars · Sugarcreek
- Address
- 146 Dover Rd NW, Sugarcreek, OH 44681
- School district
- Garaway Local School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 436
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 27
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 87%
- Four-year graduation rate
- 98.7%
- Ohio building IRN
- 012849
- NCES school ID
- 390502703893
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Miller Avenue Elementary School3.5 of 5 stars · Sugarcreek
- Address
- 840 Miller Ave SW, Sugarcreek, OH 44681
- School district
- Garaway Local School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 176
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 9
- Report card, 2025-26
- 3.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 87%
- Ohio building IRN
- 024794
- NCES school ID
- 390502703895
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2024-25 and Common Core of Data 2023-24 (type, students, teachers); Ohio School Report Cards 2025-26 (Department of Education and Workforce), matched by name within the district.
Public libraries (1)
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Sugarcreek BranchBranch · Sugarcreek
- Address
- 120 S. Broadway, Sugarcreek, OH 44681
- What it is
- Branch
- Library system
- Tuscarawas County Public Library
- Open
- 2,028 hours a year, 52 weeks
- Building
- 1,800 sq ft
- System's visits, FY2024
- 171,184
- System's loans, FY2024
- 751,497
- People the system serves
- 55,515
- Phone
- (330) 852-2813
IMLS Public Libraries Survey (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey FY2024 (outlets and their systems). Any Ohio resident can get a free card at any Ohio public library.
Museums, historical societies, gardens and zoos (2)
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Alpine Hills Historical MuseumHistorical society · Sugarcreek
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Sugarcreek
- Coordinates
- 40.50349, -81.64185
Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
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David Warther CarvingsMuseum · Sugarcreek
- What it is
- Museum
- City
- Sugarcreek
- Coordinates
- 40.50589, -81.64392
Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
Source: IMLS Museum Data Files, 2018.
Police stations (1)
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Sugarcreek Police DepartmentSugarcreek
- Address
- 126 South Broadway Street, Sugarcreek, OH 44681
- Coordinates
- 40.50253, -81.64177
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures, police stations, corrected and completed by hand (September 2026). The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction, not by distance.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (9)
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Belden Brick Co Plant 2Toxics Release Inventory · Sugarcreek
- Address
- 375 Dover Rd Nw, Sugarcreek, OH 44681
- County
- Tuscarawas County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (open)
- EPA program ID
- 44681BLDNB700ED
- EPA registry ID
- 110008057716
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Belden Brick Co Plant 4Toxics Release Inventory · Sugarcreek
- Address
- 475 Dover Rd Nw, Sugarcreek, OH 44681
- County
- Tuscarawas County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (open)
- EPA program ID
- 44681BLDNBDOVER
- EPA registry ID
- 110000741859
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Belden Brick Co Plant 6Toxics Release Inventory · Sugarcreek
- Address
- 600 Edelweiss Dr. N.E., Sugarcreek, OH 44681
- County
- Tuscarawas County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (open)
- EPA program ID
- 44681THBLDCOUNT
- EPA registry ID
- 110000741868
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Belden Brick Co Plant 8Toxics Release Inventory · Sugarcreek
- Address
- 700 Edelweiss Dr. N.E., Sugarcreek, OH 44681
- County
- Tuscarawas County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (open)
- EPA program ID
- 44681BLDNBCOUNT
- EPA registry ID
- 110000390844
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Belden Brick Plant 3 (0679005018)Toxics Release Inventory · Sugarcreek
- Address
- 690 Dover Road North East, Sugarcreek, OH 44681
- County
- Tuscarawas County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44681THBLDDOVER
- EPA registry ID
- 110000747014
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Belden Brick Plant 9 (0679005019)Toxics Release Inventory · Sugarcreek
- Address
- 225 E. Main St., Sugarcreek, OH 44681
- County
- Tuscarawas County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44681THBLDMAINS
- EPA registry ID
- 110000745800
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Champion Home Builders, Inc., Plant 231Toxics Release Inventory · Sugarcreek
- Address
- 580 Mill St. N.W., Sugarcreek, OH 44681
- County
- Tuscarawas County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44681SKYLN580MI
- EPA registry ID
- 110000390853
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Sugarcreek Industries IncToxics Release Inventory · Sugarcreek
- Address
- 425 South Broadway Street, Sugarcreek, OH 44681
- County
- Tuscarawas County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 4468WPRVDR425SB
- EPA registry ID
- 110000850026
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Superb Industries IncToxics Release Inventory · Sugarcreek
- Address
- 330 Third Street Northwest, Sugarcreek, OH 44681
- County
- Tuscarawas County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 43824SPRBN33715
- EPA registry ID
- 110002444230
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Toxics Release Inventory reporters. Reporting a release is required of large users of listed chemicals; it is not by itself a violation.
Its ZIP codes
Each ZIP code that touches Sugarcreek, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.
| ZIP | Share | Water | Radon | Home value | Schools | Flood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44681 Sugarcreek | 30% | Mostly private wells | 9.4 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1978 | Garaway Local · 4 stars overall | 2.7% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Local government
Who holds office in Sugarcreek, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Money issues on the ballot since 2019: 1 of 1 passed; of those asking for new or higher taxes, 1 of 1.
Ballot issues
| Date | Issue | For | Against | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-11-03 | 24: 24 Local Liquor Option (By Petition) 072 Sugarcreek Vlg 2 | 293 | 127 | Passed (69.76% for) |
| 2019-05-07 | Issue: Village of Sugarcreek Replacement Sugarcreek Vlg | 203 | 90 | Passed (69.28% for) |
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-11-05 | Member of Council | V. Sam Beachy 233, 33.48%; Write-In: Clayton E. Weller 215, 30.89%; Write-In: Matthew Ray Miller 159, 22.84%; Write-In: Aaron Shanklin 81, 11.64% |
| 2019-11-05 | Mayor | Write-In: Jeff A. Stutzman 201, 73.09% |
Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.
Auditor of State record
- No fiscal caution, watch or emergency on the Auditor of State's lists.
- Financial Audit, 2022 to 2023, released 2024-12-10
The county
Tuscarawas County: 17 ZIP codes, 40 cities, villages and townships, 92,903 people.
Nearby places
Rain and snow
How much has actually fallen on Sugarcreek, day by day, from 1893 to now. Daily totals, not averages.
- rain, last 30 days
- 0.80 in
- 2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
- rain so far in 2026
- 36.8 in
- about normal for the date
- snow so far in 2026
- 29.3 in
- a normal year brings 23.0 in
- a normal year
- 41.4 in
- average of 30 years, 1991-2020
| Month | Rain (in) | Snow (in) | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 0.80 | — | 29 |
| September 2026 | 3.07 | — | 30 |
| August 2026 | 5.99 | — | 31 |
| July 2026 | 3.73 | — | 31 |
| June 2026 | 3.80 | — | 30 |
| May 2026 | 4.95 | — | 31 |
| April 2026 | 6.01 | — | 30 |
| March 2026 | 5.05 | 1.5 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 1.35 | 3.2 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 2.04 | 24.7 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 2.52 | 12.9 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 2.13 | 0.2 | 30 |
| Wettest year | 2004 — 56.1 in |
|---|---|
| Driest year | 1963 — 26.8 in |
| Snowiest year | 1910 — 71.2 in |
| Wettest day on record | 5 July 1969 — 5.09 in |
| Heaviest snowfall in a day | 19 March 1906 — 11.42 in |
| Deepest snow on the ground | 10 November 1913 — 18.59 in |
Mostly estimated. Only 8% of these days come from a gauge standing inside Sugarcreek - the rest are worked out from the nearest gauges around it, so read them as close estimates rather than readings.
48,673 days of records, 1893-01-01 to 2026-10-29. Source: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily, 3,240 gauges in and around Ohio. A day is "gauged" when a gauge standing inside the boundary reported it, and the value is the mean of those gauges. Otherwise it is interpolated by inverse distance from every gauge reporting within 50 miles. Nothing is carried forward, back-filled or smoothed. Against NOAA nClimDiv county monthly precipitation over 136,848 complete county-months (checked 2026-10-31): correlation 0.9515, median absolute difference 0.217 in a month. Built 2026-10-31 from the Cracked Buckeye precipitation archive. Snow is the softer number — snowfall is measured by hand with a ruler, no agency publishes a gridded county snowfall series, and blowing snow defeats every observer.
Environmental permits and filings
What Ohio EPA has on file for Sugarcreek: permits, inspections, violations, cleanups and the state loans behind sewer and water work. Every line links to the agency's own document.
- facilities and sites on file
- 25
- those placed on the map inside Sugarcreek
| Program | Facilities and sites |
|---|---|
| Hazardous waste | 10 |
| Air pollution | 9 |
| Wastewater and stormwater discharge | 3 |
| Public drinking water | 2 |
| Underground injection wells | 1 |
| Date | Facility or site | What |
|---|---|---|
| SUGARCREEK VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| VILLAGE OF SUGARCREEK | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| THE BELDEN BRICK COMPANY | Air pollution permit | |
| SUGARCREEK VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water violation resolved | |
| BELDEN BRICK CO PLANT NO 3 | Air pollution director's approval | |
| SUGARCREEK VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water notice of violation | |
| THE BELDEN BRICK COMPANY- PLANT #4 | Air pollution permit | |
| SUGARCREEK VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| BELDEN BRICK CO PLANT NO 3 | Air pollution director's approval | |
| SUGARCREEK VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water report | |
| BELDEN BRICK 441 TPH PORTABLE JAW CRUSHER | Air pollution report | |
| TUBAR/EUREKA INDUSTRIAL GROUP | Air pollution report | |
| SUGARCREEK VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water plan | |
| SUGARCREEK PROFESSIONAL BUILDING | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| SUGARCREEK VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| SUGARCREEK VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| THE BELDEN BRICK COMPANY PORTABLE SCREENER | Air pollution permit | |
| SUGARCREEK VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water warning letter | |
| SUGARCREEK VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| SUGARCREEK VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water warning letter | |
| THE BELDEN BRICK COMPANY- PLANT #4 | Air pollution director's approval | |
| THE BELDEN BRICK COMPANY- PLANT #4 | Air pollution director's approval | |
| BELDEN BRICK CO PLANT NO 3 | Air pollution director's approval | |
| SUGARCREEK VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water report | |
| SUGARCREEK VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water warning letter |
Source: Ohio EPA eDocument portal (edocpub.epa.ohio.gov), indexed 2026-10-14. Facilities are placed on the map from Ohio EPA's own map layers, EPA's Facility Registry, coordinates written in the filings, or a geocoded street address. A permit filed under a private person's name (most are household septic systems) is counted but never named, placed or linked; licenses for individual workers and open-burning notices are left out entirely.
Quick answers
What county is Sugarcreek, Ohio in?
Sugarcreek is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, with 2,380 residents.
When was Sugarcreek, Ohio founded?
Sugarcreek was settled 1814 (Shanesville); laid out May 1814 (Shanesville, 101 lots); incorporated 1969 (merger of Shanesville and Sugarcreek under the Sugarcreek name, according to Wikipedia). Founders on record: Abraham Shane of New Philadelphia. Source
How did Sugarcreek, Ohio get its name?
Shanesville was named for its proprietor, Abraham Shane of New Philadelphia, who laid it out in May 1814 (Wikipedia gives the founder as 'Anthony Shane'; the 1884 county history says Abraham). Source
What ZIP code is Sugarcreek, Ohio?
Most of Sugarcreek is in ZIP code 44681.
Where does Sugarcreek, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Sugarcreek (Sugarcreek Village): Mostly private wells.
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