Sugar Creek (Tuscarawas River tributary)

Sugar Creek
Sugar Creek downstream of Beach City Dam in 2006
Location of the mouth of Sugar Creek in Dover, Ohio
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationnorthwest of Smithville
  coordinates40°54′32″N 81°55′07″W / 40.90889°N 81.91861°W / 40.90889; -81.91861
MouthTuscarawas River
  location
Dover
  coordinates
40°30′39″N 81°28′41″W / 40.51083°N 81.47806°W / 40.51083; -81.47806
  elevation
856 ft (261 m)
Length45 mi (72 km)
Basin size356 sq mi (920 km2)
Discharge 
  locationUSGS gauge at Strasburg
  average312.1 cu ft/s (8.84 m3/s), water years 1932-2019

Sugar Creek is a tributary of the Tuscarawas River in northeastern Ohio in the United States. It is 45 miles (72 km) long. Via the Tuscarawas, Muskingum, and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 356 square miles (922 km2) on glaciated and unglaciated portions of the Allegheny Plateau.

It is the namesake of Sugarcreek, Ohio and of townships in Stark, Tuscarawas and Wayne counties Ohio.