Welcome to Sharretts ...

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

We've added Sharretts to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sharretts, please Contact Us.

Sharretts would have been located within present day Carroll County<2>.

The location of Sharretts has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sharretts, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Sharretts is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Sharretts was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Sharretts still existed, it would have been in the (410) area code.

Websites for Sharretts ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.carrollcountychamber.org/

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

Communities near Sharretts ...

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

• Frederick
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederick
  • Frederick is located in Frederick County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,308 people
  • Former names for Frederick:
  • Frederick City
  • Frederick Town
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frederick <5>
• Westminster
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westminster have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
  • Westminster is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,712 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westminster <5>
• Hanover
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
  • Hanover is located in York County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,783 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hanover <5>
• Mount Airy
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Airy
  • Mount Airy is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,502 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Airy <5>
• Gettysburg
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
  • Gettysburg is located in Adams County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,708 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gettysburg <5>
• Thurmont
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurmont
  • Thurmont is located in Frederick County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,070 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thurmont <5>
• Taneytown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taneytown
  • Taneytown is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,846 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taneytown <5>
• Walkersville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walkersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkersville
  • Walkersville is located in Frederick County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,574 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walkersville <5>
• Hampstead
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hampstead have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampstead
  • Hampstead is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,426 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hampstead <5>
• Manchester
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
  • Manchester is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,876 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manchester <5>

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 Sharretts. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sharretts.

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

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

Adding Sharretts to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sharretts in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Sharretts was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Sharretts on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Maryland (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sharretts.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Carroll County: www.ccgov.carr.org/

The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/