Sugar Creek Missouri Map

About Sugar Creek, Missouri

Sugar Creek is a locality in Jackson County, Missouri, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,249. The population density is 114.1 people per km². Sugar Creek is located at 39.1097°N, 94.4447°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 64058.

Sugar Creek flows with a quiet persistence, a ribbon of earth-toned water meandering through a landscape of gentle, rounded hills that roll like sleeping beasts beneath the vast Missouri sky. It lies 2.0 miles north-west of Independence, MO (from Independence, MO: bearing 309°T), and is situated 7.2 miles east of Kansas City. The air here, especially as the sun begins its slow descent, carries a faint, sweet scent of damp soil and ripening corn, a perfume indigenous to this particular stretch of Jackson County. Fields, emerald in the spring and burnished gold by late summer, stretch to the horizon, interrupted by stands of oak and hickory, their branches often bowed with the weight of seasons past. The very character of Sugar Creek is etched in the patient cultivation of its land, the way farmsteads appear as dots of weathered wood and tin against the immense canvas of the countryside. This land, long shaped by the agricultural spirit, has seen generations tend its fertile ground, the legacy of which is still evident in the working farms that form the economic backbone of Sugar Creek. The rhythm of life here is dictated by the seasons, by the planting and the harvest, a continuity that echoes the early settlers who first carved their lives from this very soil. Though the broader currents of progress have touched Sugar Creek, a deep-rooted connection to the land persists, a quiet pride in the honest labor that sustains it, and a palpable sense of place that is both enduring and deeply felt.

About This Sugar Creek Map Page

This page provides an interactive Google map of Sugar Creek, Missouri with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Sugar Creek and Jackson County.

Detailed location data for Sugar Creek includes the ZIP code (64054), telephone area code (816), county seat of Jackson County (Independence), and school district assignment (Fort Osage R-I School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Sugar Creek is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.