Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Sharon (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Sharon. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Sharon is located in Walworth County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Walworth County: Boone (IL), McHenry (IL), Jefferson, Kenosha, Racine, Rock & Waukesha.
Below are the counties that are near Sharon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sharon:
- Walworth County (The home county of Sharon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- Allens Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Allens Grove is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Grove
- Big Foot Prairie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Big Foot Prairie is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Foot Prairie
- Walworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Walworth is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,827 people
- Darien
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Darien is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,591 people
- Delavan Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Delavan Lake is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delavan Lake
- Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fontana-on-Geneva Lake is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,743 people
- Delavan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Delavan is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delavan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,240 people
- Williams Bay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Bay is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,657 people
- Zenda
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Zenda is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenda
- Lake Como
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Como is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Como
- Como
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Como is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
- Lake Como Beach ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Como Beach is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Como Beach
- Dane County
- Edgerton Beach Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edgerton Beach Park is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton Beach Park
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- Cold Spring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cold Spring is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Palmyra
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Palmyra is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,746 people
- Hebron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hebron is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Lake Koshkonong
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lake Koshkonong is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Koshkonong
- Carcajou
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carcajou is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carcajou
- Fort Atkinson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fort Atkinson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,372 people
- Kenosha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- Powers Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Powers Lake is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Lake
- Slades Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Slades Corners is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slades Corners
- Twin Lakes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,234 people
- Fox River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fox River is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox River
- Camp Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Camp Lake is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Lake
- Racine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- Bohners Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bohners Lake is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohners Lake
- Burlington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burlington is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,898 people
- Honey Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Honey Creek is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Browns Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Browns Lake is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Lake
- Rochester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rochester is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,880 people
- Rock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- Clinton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,119 people
- Avalon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Avalon is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Shopiere
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shopiere is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shopiere
- Tiffany
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tiffany is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany
- Emerald Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Emerald Grove is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Grove
- Johnstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Johnstown is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Johnstown Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstown Center is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown Center
- Beloit
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Beloit is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beloit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,637 people
- Garden Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Garden Village is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Janesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Janesville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64,664 people
- Lima Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lima Center is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima Center
- Milton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Milton is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,643 people
- Waukesha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- Eagleville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eagleville is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Eagle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,193 people
- Boone County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- Capron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Poplar Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Russellville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Russellville is located in Boone County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Caledonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Timberlane
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Timberlane is located in Boone County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 934 people
- Belvidere
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Garden Prairie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Herbert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Herbert is located in Boone County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
- Irene
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Irene is located in Boone County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irene
- DeKalb County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- Kingston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Genoa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New Lebanon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New Lebanon is located in DeKalb County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Fairdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fairdale is located in DeKalb County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Kirkland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Charter Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Charter Grove is located in DeKalb County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Grove
- Kane County (IL)
- Hampshire
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- Fox Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Channel Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Channel Lake is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Channel Lake
- Lake Catherine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lake Catherine is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Catherine
- McHenry County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- Big Foot Prairie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Big Foot Prairie is located in McHenry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Foot Prairie
- Harvard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Alden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hebron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Marengo
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Greenwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood is located in McHenry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Woodstock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Union
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wonder Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wonder Lake is located in McHenry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonder Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,837 people
- Wonder Lake has also been known as:
- Wonder Lake village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wonder Lake <1>
- Richmond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- McCullom Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- McCullom Lake is located in McHenry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullom Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 996 people
- Ringwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Winnebago County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- Argyle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Argyle is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Roscoe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Roscoe is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,406 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roscoe <1>
- South Beloit
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Loves Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rockton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Machesney Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sturbridge Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sturbridge Village is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturbridge Village
- Cherry Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Shirland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- North Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Park is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Park
- Indian Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Village is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sharon, see our County-by-County Page for Sharon.
Cemeteries Near Sharon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sharon.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Sharon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sharon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- Oakwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Burr Oak Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- South Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- North Sharon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Catherine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stone School Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dullam Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Blaine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tound Prairie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Brick Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Jefferson Prairie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chemung - Dunham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (261 more) ...
- Chermung Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Big Foot Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mt. Phillips Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Sharon had a population of 878 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Sharon had a population of 1,546 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sharon, with the one closest to Sharon listed first.
- Blaine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Blaine is located in Boone County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Allens Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Allens Grove is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Grove
- Chemung
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chemung is located in McHenry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chemung
- Lawrence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrence is located in McHenry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Big Foot Prairie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Big Foot Prairie is located in McHenry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Foot Prairie
- Capron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Harvard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Darien
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Darien is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,591 people
- Clinton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,119 people
- Hunter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hunter is located in Boone County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Fairfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fairfield is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Poplar Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Williams Bay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Bay is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,657 people
- Delavan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Delavan is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delavan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,240 people
- Alden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sharon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sharon.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Sharon ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sharon.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Sharon. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Sharon and those printed in the larger area surrounding Sharon.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> of Sharon.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Sharon:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Walworth County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dane County
- Jefferson County
- Kenosha County
- Racine County
- Rock County
- Waukesha County
- Boone County
- DeKalb County
- Kane County
- Lake County
- McHenry County
- Winnebago County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sharon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |