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Welcome to Sharpe ...

Sharpe is located in Coffey County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sharpe, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Sharpe is 1,150 feet [351 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Sharpe lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Sharpe ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Sharpe - they are located in Kentucky and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Sharpe ...

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

  • Burlington
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lebo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Le Roy
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Waverly
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Williamsburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • New Strawn
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Melvern
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Melvern is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvern
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 368 people
    • Melvern has also been known as:
    • Melvin
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Melvern <3>
  • Hartford
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Gridley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Gridley is located in Coffey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gridley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
  • Neosho Rapids
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Neosho Rapids is located in Lyon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosho Rapids
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 262 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 Sharpe. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sharpe.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sharpe. 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 Sharpe.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sharpe ...

Looking for more information about Sharpe? 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 Sharpe, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sharpe.

Adding Sharpe to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sharpe 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 Sharpe was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Sharpe post office opened in 1890. The Sharpe post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sharpe.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Coffey, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sharpe - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/