The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Sharptown.
San Domingo School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
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History · Sharptown
Sharptown’s post office opened in 1845, and 63% of its homes were built before 1940
Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1915 on, and the census since 1880.
1845first post office
0on the National Register
63%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
Quick answers
How Sharptown began
When was Sharptown founded?
1845
The Sharptown post office opened in 1845, the earliest record of the town by name.
First census: 411 in 18802020 census: 691181 years
Founding year: the first Sharptown post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Sharptown’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Sharptown’s homes were built before 1938.On the map since 19154 editions of the USGS map, 1915 to 1992. Watch Sharptown change.Deep rootsA post office since 1845: 181 years of Sharptown.
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Start Sharptown’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sharptown’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.On the map
Sharptown on the map, 1915 to 1992
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Sharptown. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1915Seaford sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Sharptown.
By decade
Sharptown, decade by decade
Date unknown1 to date
Date?Then & now
Stand where they stood
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Retake this viewSharptown Bridge, Spanning Nanticoke River, State Route 313
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Sharptown’s page.
Retake this view · +15People over time
Sharptown, census by census
Between 411 and 727 people in every census since 1880.
15 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Sharptown’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Sharptown
Nobody well known was born in Sharptown itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Questions about Sharptown’s history
What year was Sharptown founded?
The Sharptown post office opened in 1845, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From the Library of Congress (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.