Welcome to Sharon ...

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

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

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sharon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1846.

When the people of Sharon referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Sharonite<3>

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

If Sharon still existed, it would have been in the (740) area code.

Communities Also Named Sharon ...

While we believe that this Sharon is located in Morgan County, we know of another 4 Ohio communities named Sharon. Those communities are located in the following counties: Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson and Noble County.

Beyond Ohio, there are 55 communities that are also named Sharon - they are located in California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia (2), Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa (3), Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri (2), New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York (2), North Carolina (5), North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ontario (2), Pennsylvania, South Carolina (2), Tennessee (2), Texas (2), Vermont, Virginia, Washington (2), West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Adding Sharon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sharon 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 Sharon was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

We also found Sharon in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sharon.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

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 Sharon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Morgan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Sharon refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Sharon may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.