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This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Sharp's Wharf. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Sharp's Wharf.<1>

Our sources for Sharp's Wharf (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Sharp's Wharf other than they indicate that Sharp's Wharf would be found somewhere in Richmond County, Virginia.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Sharp's Wharf ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Sharp's Wharf:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Sharp's Wharf - Services available: had a Post Office, Express Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Richmond County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Richmond County.

Carter's Wharf 
 Lyell's Store
Glen Echo 
 Stony Hill
Haywood 
 Welford
Ivandale 

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.