Sugarville was a community near Put Creek in Joshua Township

Joshua Township, Fulton County, Illinois

Joshua Township is one of twenty-six townships in Fulton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 529.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Joshua Township covers an area of ; of this, or 1.96 percent is water....

, Fulton County, Illinois

Fulton County, Illinois

Fulton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 37,069, which is a decrease of 3.1% from 38,250 in 2000. Its county seat is Lewistown. Canton is the largest city. Both cities are southwest of Peoria, and the county is considered...

. It once had several houses, a blacksmith shop, and a general store. It no longer exists today.

The Geographic Names Information System

Geographic Names Information System

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 lists it only as part of an alias for Moore Cemetery in Joshua Township

Joshua Township, Fulton County, Illinois

Joshua Township is one of twenty-six townships in Fulton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 529.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Joshua Township covers an area of ; of this, or 1.96 percent is water....

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Skeeter Bonn

Skeeter Bonn

Skeeter Bonn was a singer and guitar player on several national country music radio programs and had several singles on RCA Victor in the 1950s. He was known as the "pickin' and singing' boy"....

 (Junior Lewis Boughan) was born in Sugarville; he moved to Canton

Canton, Illinois

Canton is the largest city in Fulton County, Illinois in the United States. The population was 18,288 as of the 2000 Census. The Canton Micropolitan Statistical Area covers all of Fulton County; it is in turn part of the wider Peoria-Canton, IL Combined Statistical Area .-Geography:Canton is...

 when he was 13. In the 1950s, he was a country music

Country music

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 performer on several national radio shows, including the WLS

WLS (AM)

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 National Barn Dance

National Barn Dance

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