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Welcome to Sharp Top ...

Sharp Top is located in Cherokee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sharp Top, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

Sharp Top is 1,240 feet [378 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Sharp Top lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Sharp Top, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Sharp Top: 404, 470, 678 & 770<3>

Websites for Sharp Top ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.cherokee-chamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Sharp Top, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Sharp Top ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sharp Top.

  • Milton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodstock
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Canton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Canton is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,347 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton <4>
  • Holly Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Litchfield Hundred
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Litchfield Hundred is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield Hundred
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 15,491 people
  • Corbin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Corbin is located in Bartow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
    • Estimated population in 2019: 10,521 people
  • Breeze Hill Estates
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Breeze Hill Estates is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breeze Hill Estates
    • Estimated population in 2019: 6,638 people
  • Hinton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hinton is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,223 people
  • Jasper
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Hardman Place
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Hardman Place is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardman Place
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,930 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Sharp Top. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sharp Top.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sharp Top. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sharp Top.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sharp Top. See our Newspapers Page for Sharp Top.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sharp Top ...

Looking for more information about Sharp Top? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Sharp Top, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sharp Top.

Adding Sharp Top to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sharp Top in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Sharp Top was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Sharp Top post office opened in 1850. The Sharp Top post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sharp Top.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Cherokee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sharp Top - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 404 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 470, 678 or 770. New phone numbers in the Sharp Top area will be assigned with one of these codes: 404, 470, 678 or 770. As a result, placing a call in the Sharp Top area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/