Welcome to Sharps ...

So far, we found very little information about Sharps. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Sharps to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Sharps - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Sharps, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Sharps , we believe that it would have been located within present day Taylor County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sharps, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Time Zone: The area where Sharps was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Sharps ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Sharps - they are located in Illinois, North Carolina and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sharps.

Adding Sharps to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Sharps was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Sharps post office opened in 1883.

We also found Sharps in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sharps.

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sharps, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Taylor, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/