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History · Sharon

Sharon’s post office opened in 1874, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1954 on and the census since 1910.

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0on the National Register
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Quick answers

How Sharon began

When was Sharon founded?

1874

The Sharon post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Dedham (1852), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 608 in 19102020 census: 935152 years
Founding year: the first Sharon post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Sharon’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Sharon are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sharon’s history is told.

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The story so far

Sharon, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Sharon yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Sharon is a town in Weakley County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 988 at the 2000 census and 944 at the 2010 census. By the 2020 census, the population had decreased to 935.

Its first post office opened in 1874. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 944 in 2010, 935 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Sharon, 1852 to 1954

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1852Post officeThe Dedham post office opens
  3. 1866Post officeThe Dedham post office closes
  4. 1874Post officeThe Sharon post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1954On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Sharon, decade by decade

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On the map

Sharon on the map, 1954 to 1981

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Sharon. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Sharon on the 1954 USGS mapSharon on the 1981 USGS map1954Greenfield sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Sharon.

People over time

Sharon, census by census

02004006008001,0001,200192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,188

Between 506 and 1,188 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Sharon’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Sharon

Nobody well known was born in Sharon itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Dixie CarterAmerican actress · b. 1939
Hayden WhiteAmerican historian · b. 1928
Koko B. WareAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1957
Peter Matthew Hillsman TaylorAmerican writer · b. 1917
Ned McWherterGovernor of Tennessee & Speaker of the Tennesse… · b. 1930
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Popeye JonesAmerican basketball player · b. 1970
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Sharon’s post office has been open since 1874. Another post office, Dedham, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Dedham
1852–1866
Sharon
1874–today
18501940today
Gone or out of use
Sharon Training Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Sharon
Woodlawn

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Sharon’s history

What year was Sharon founded?

The Sharon post office opened in 1874, 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 Wikimedia Commons (7), 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.