Do you know of Sharon ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Sharon. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Sharon.
Our sources for Sharon (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Sharon other than they indicate that Sharon would be found somewhere in Appanoose County, Iowa.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1850 and closed in 1860.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Sharon ...
We found 54 communities that share the name Sharon.
There are two communities within Iowa that are also named Sharon.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another 52 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 52 communities, 53 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Iowa ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Madera County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Sharon [Madera County].
- Connecticut
- Litchfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Sharon [Litchfield County].
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Bear Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Sharon [Bear Lake County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Carroll County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Sharon [Carroll County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Bracken County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Sharon [Bracken County].
- Fayette County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Sharon [Fayette County].
- Louisiana
- Claiborne Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Sharon [Claiborne Parish].
- Maryland
- Harford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Sharon [Harford County].
- Massachusetts
- Norfolk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Sharon [Norfolk County].
- Michigan
- Kalkaska County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Sharon [Kalkaska County].
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- New Hampshire
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Sharon [Hillsborough County].
- New Jersey
- Monmouth County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Sharon [Monmouth County].
- New York
- Dutchess County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Sharon [Dutchess County].
- Schoharie County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Sharon [Schoharie County].
- North Carolina
- Camden County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Sharon [Camden County].
- Cleveland County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Sharon [Cleveland County].
- Iredell County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Sharon [Iredell County].
- Lenoir County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Sharon [Lenoir County].
- Mecklenburg County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Sharon [Mecklenburg County].
- North Dakota
- Steele County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Sharon [Steele County].
- Ohio
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Sharon [Franklin County].
- Hamilton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Sharon [Hamilton County].
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Sharon [Jackson County].
- Morgan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Sharon [Morgan County].
- Noble County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Sharon [Noble County].
- Oklahoma
- Woodward County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Sharon [Woodward County].
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- Mercer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Sharon [Mercer County].
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Hardin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Sharon [Hardin County].
- Smith County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Sharon [Smith County].
- Vermont
- Windsor County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Sharon [Windsor County].
- Virginia
- Pittsylvania County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Sharon [Pittsylvania County].
- Washington
- Grays Harbor County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Sharon [Grays Harbor County].
- Spokane County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Sharon [Spokane County].
- West Virginia
- Kanawha County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Sharon [Kanawha County].
- Webster County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Sharon [Webster County].
- Wisconsin
- Walworth County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Sharon [Walworth County].
- California
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Sharon ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Sharon:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Sharon - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Appanoose County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Appanoose County.
| Beetrace | |
| Millideville | |
| Caldwell | |
| Crete | Niles |
| Darby | Pearl City |
| Dennis | |
| Diff | Ray |
| Relay | |
| Harkes | |
| Shawville | |
| Kemigala | |
| Kirkwood | Tranquility |
| Livingston | Walsh |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Sharon could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |