Sugarville, Illinois

Sugarville was a community near Put Creek in Joshua Township, Fulton County, Illinois. It once had several houses, a blacksmith shop, and a general store. It no longer exists today.[citation needed]

The Geographic Names Information System lists it only as part of an alias for Moore Cemetery in Joshua Township.[1]

Skeeter Bonn (Junior Lewis Boughan) was born in Sugarville; he moved to Canton when he was 13. In the 1950s, he was a country music performer on several national radio shows, including the WLS National Barn Dance.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sugarville, Illinois
  2. ^ "Skeeter Bonn". Hillbilly-Music.com. Modesto, California: Hillbilly-Music.com. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
  3. ^ "Skeeter Bonn". Prairie Farmer WLS Family Album 1924-1954. Chicago: WLS (AM). 1954. Retrieved July 9, 2010.

40°33′38″N 90°07′22″W / 40.56056°N 90.12278°W / 40.56056; -90.12278


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