Sharon is an unincorporated community located on Mississippi Highway 43 in Madison County, Mississippi, United States. Sharon is approximately 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Camden and 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Canton. Sharon is located within the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Although an unincorporated community, Sharon has a post office and zip code of 39163.
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History
Between 1837 and 1873, Sharon was home to an early female seminary called Sharon Female College.[2] The community was named for the college.[3] Sharon was also home to Madison College,[4] founded in 1845.[5]
In 1900, Sharon was home to three churches and had a population of 173.[3]
Notable people
- Joseph A. Baker, member of the Mississippi Senate from 1916 to 1920[6]
- James Champlain, blind philanthropist involved in the founding of the Mississippi School for the Blind.[7]
- K. C. Douglas, blues musician.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sharon, Madison County, Mississippi
- ^ I. M. E. Blandin. History of Higher Education of Women in the South. The Neale Publishing Company. pp. 195–6. ISBN 978-1-4400-4134-1. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
- ^ a b Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (PDF). Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 658.
- ^ James B. Lloyd (October 1, 1981). Lives of Mississippi authors, 1817-1967. University Press of Mississippi. p. 244. ISBN 978-0-87805-139-7. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
- ^ American Bibliographical Center (1968). America, history and life. Clio Press. p. 56. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
- ^ Robert S. McElvaine; Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration (July 30, 2009). Mississippi: The WPA Guide to the Magnolia State. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 219. ISBN 978-1-60473-292-4. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
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This page was last edited on 26 November 2023, at 18:54