Sugar Island, Wisconsin

Sugar Island, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Nickname:  Sugar Island
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Coordinates: 43°13′33″N88°34′47″W / 43.22583°N 88.57972°W / 43.22583; -88.57972
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Dodge County
Town of Lebanon	1837
Elevation	274 m (899 ft)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	920
GNIS feature ID	1575026 [1]

Sugar Island is an unincorporated community in the Village of Lebanon, Dodge county, United States. It is located on County Trunk Highway O, west of Highway 67, 10 miles east of Watertown, Wisconsin, and 5 miles east of County Trunk Highway R in Lebanon. ^{[1] [2]}

History

The name was originally Sinsibakwado-Minissing, which is Chippewa for at, to, or from Sugar Island. ^[3] The name was given to the area by the Chippewa tribe, because the Maple Trees would have sugary sap that they would collect once a year.

References

1. "Sugar Island, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. "File Not Found (Error Code 404)". wisconsin.hometownlocator.com. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
3. "Sugar Island (Lebanon) [origin of place name]". Wisconsin Historical Society. August 8, 2017. Archived from the original on April 14, 2021. Retrieved April 14, 2021.