Welcome to Sharon Springs ...The city of Sharon Springs is located in Wallace County<1> and is the County Seat for Wallace County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Sharon Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886. The origin (or the toponymy) of Sharon Springs: Named after Sharon Springs, New York (NY). A typical abbreviation for Sharon Springs: Sharon Spgs. (or less commonly used: Sharon Spngs. or Sharon Sprngs.) From the Census Estimates for 2019, Sharon Springs has a population of 761 people<2> (see below for details). Sharon Springs is 3,440 feet [1,049 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Sharon Springs is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level. Time Zone: Sharon Springs lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you leave Sharon Springs and travel south, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Area Code for Sharon Springs: 785 The ZIP code for Sharon Springs: 67758<4> The city of Sharon Springs was previously named Eagle Trail. Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Sharon Springs had an population of 761 people. This is an increase of 1.74% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 8.86% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Sharon Springs had a population of 748 people (which is 50.54% of the total population of Wallace County). This makes Sharon Springs the county's most populous community. The population of Sharon Springs represents 0.03% of the total population of Kansas (which has 2,853,118 people), making it the state's 234th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 748 people, the population of Sharon Springs decreased 10.42% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 835 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Sharon Springs. Communities Also Named Sharon Springs ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Sharon Springs - they are located in New York and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sharon Springs. Communities near Sharon Springs ...We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Sharon Springs.
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 Sharon Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sharon Springs. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sharon Springs. 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 Sharon Springs. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sharon Springs. Our list includes 11 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Sharon Springs. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sharon Springs ...Looking for more information about Sharon Springs? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Sharon Springs, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Sharon Springs. Adding Sharon Springs to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Sharon Springs 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 Sharon Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Sharon Springs. Footnotes ...
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