Sharon, California

Sharon is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California.[1] It is located on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad 4 miles (6.4 km) east-northeast of Fairmead,[2] at an elevation of 295 feet (90 m).[1]

Sharon
Sharon
Location in California
Sharon
Sharon (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°05′53″N 120°07′48″W
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyMadera County
Elevation295 ft (90 m)

A post office operated at Sharon from 1898 to 1927.[2] San Francisco financier William Sharon was a promoter of the settlement, that later bore his name.[2]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sharon, California
  2. Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 826. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.



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