Sugartown, Pennsylvania

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Sugartown
Unincorporated community
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Chester
Township Willistown
Center
 - coordinates 39°59′N 75°28′W / 39.983, -75.467Coordinates: 39°59′N 75°28′W / 39.983, -75.467
 - elevation 511 ft (155.8 m)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 - summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Area code 610
Location of Sugartown in Pennsylvania
Location of Sugartown in Pennsylvania
Location of Pennsylvania in the United States
Location of Pennsylvania in the United States

Sugartown is an unincorporated settlement in central Willistown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States, at the intersection of Sugartown and Boot Roads. It is located 18 miles west of Philadelphia.

The town was named after Eli Shugart, an 19th-century tavern keeper. Sugartown is a typical crossroads village that provides goods and services to the surrounding farm community. It played an important part in the development of Willistown and contains an inn, general store, blacksmith and wheelwright, cabinetmaker, saddler, shoemaker and a doctor.

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