Sharon, Madison County, Mississippi

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.

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]

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.

^ 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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v t e Municipalities and communities of Madison County, Mississippi, United States
County seat: Canton
Cities	Canton Gluckstadt Jackson‡ Madison Ridgeland	Map of Mississippi highlighting Madison County
Town	Flora
CDPs	Kearney Park
Other communities	Camden Farmhaven Livingston Sharon Vernon Way
Ghost town	Beatties Bluff
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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Sharon, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 32°39′30″N 89°56′10″W / 32.65833°N 89.93611°W / 32.65833; -89.93611
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Madison
Elevation	354 ft (108 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	39163
Area code	601
GNIS feature ID	677616^[1]