Sugar Creek is a city in both Jackson and Clay Counties in Missouri in the United States.

[5] Like many cities along the Missouri River, Sugar Creek shows evidence of having once been the home of the Osage people.

[6] On June 25, 1804, the Lewis and Clark Expedition camped on an island[7] in the Missouri River opposite what is modern day Sugar Creek.

In the mid-1800s, the area now known as Sugar Creek served as an important link in America's westward expansion.

[citation needed] Known as Upper Independence Landing originally, the territory along the Missouri River served as a port to receive supplies for early pioneers.

[8] Wayne City, which is now on the national historic register, also received travelers who were headed west along the Oregon, California and Santa Fe Trails.

In 1850, the first railroad west of the Mississippi River was constructed to join Wayne City and nearby Independence, Missouri.

From the early 1890s to the 1930s, the Sugar Creek area was home to a first-class pleasure resort, Fairmount Park.

Among the park's attractions were a hotel, theater, lake, and carnival rides, including a roller coaster that at one time was the world's largest.

A new oil refinery was opened a year later and quickly spurred growth in the townsite of Sugar Creek.

Shortly after World War I, businessmen and residents founded the Sugar Creek Improvement Association.

The Liberty Bend Bridge, in northeastern Sugar Creek, carries Route 291 across the Missouri River.