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Sharon, Massachusetts, USA

Sharon, Norfolk, MA

Sharon, first settled as part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637, was deemed the 2nd precinct of Stoughton in 1740. It was established as the district of Stoughtonham on June 21, 1765, incorporated as the Town of Stoughtonham on August 23, 1775 and was named Sharon on February 25, 1783 after Israel's Sharon plain, due to its high level of forestation. kids.kiddle.co

Sharon includes: Knollwood.
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  • 1650 - Sharon is settled

    Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates

  • 1839 - Sharon
    Sharon, Massachusetts
    Norfolk county. Mashapoag pond in this town is one of the sources of Neponset river. Sharon has a good water power; one woolen and two cotton mills. There are also manufactures of axes, bed-steads, straw bonnets, leather, boots, shoes, wool cards, machinery, joiners' gages,...Read MORE...


  • 1845 - SHARON. [Pop. 1,076. Inc. 1765.]
    Sharon was once a part of Stoughton, and, with it, a part of Dorchester.

    The Indians called it Mashapoag, and from a pond of the same name issues one of the chief sources of Neponset River.

    It manufactures are cotton and woollen goods, and straw bonnets.

    Distance from...Read MORE...


  • 1854 - Sharon
    Sharon, a post-village in Norfolk co., Massachusetts, on the Boston and Providence railroad, 17 miles S. by W. from Boston. Population of the township, 1128.
    A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.

  • News 1872 - Three young sons of Mr. Miller, of Sharon, Mass., were drowned in that town the other day, by breaking through the ice.

    St Joseph Herald
    Saint Joseph, Michigan
    February 24, 1872

  • News 1886 - The editor of the Sharon (Mass.) Advocate has bone into the marrying business as a little side speculation.
    In a recent issue of his paper he says: "Persons intending marriage are reminded that the editor of the Advocate has had his commission as justice of the peace renewed by his Excellency Governor Robinson. Brother editors will be married to Sharon ladies free."
    St Joseph Herald
    Saint Joseph, Michigan
    June 19, 1886

  • Sharon Massachusetts, 1890
    Sharon occupies the highlands which form the water-shed of streams flowing in opposite directions — northeasterly towards Massachusetts or southwesterly towards Narragansett Bay. It has for its boundaries Norwood on the north, Canton on the northeast, Stoughton on the east, Easton and Mansfield on...Read MORE...


  • 1895 - Sharon
    Sharon, a post-village in Sharon township, Norfolk co., Mass., on the Boston & Providence Railroad, 17 miles S. by W. of Boston. It has several churches, and manufactures of cotton duck, carriages, trowels, &c. The town ship has 5 churches, and a large hotel on Massapoag Lake. Pop. of the township, ...Read MORE...


  • News 1896 - FOUND WATERY GRAVES
    Sharon, Mass., June 30. - What was intended to be a week’s enjoyable outing was brought to an abrupt and sad close at Lake Massapoag Monday afternoon. Assistant Pastor Rev. Joseph Maxwell, Choir Master Frederick Brackett, Clerk George R Keys and 16 choir boys of St John’s Episcopal church,...Read MORE...


  • News 1898 - ONLY FOUR KILLED IN WRECK.
    CASUALTIES AT SHARON NOT SO NUMEROUS AS AT FIRST REPORTED - TWO MAY NOT RECOVER.

    Sharon, Mass., Aug. 22. - In the excitement and confusion attending the clearing away of the wreckage caused by last night's collision on the New York, New Haven & Hartford road it was reported that seven were...Read MORE...


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  • 1906
    Sharon, a post- village in Sharon township (town), Norfolk co., Mass., on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 17 miles S. by W. of Boston. It has manufactures of cutlery, boxes, carriages, etc. Pop. of the town in 1900, 2060.
    Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906

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    Lawn Crest, Sharon, Mass.
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  • 1650 - Sharon is settled

    Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  • 1839 - Sharon
    Sharon, Massachusetts
    Norfolk county. Mashapoag pond in this town is one of the sources of Neponset river. Sharon has a good water power; one woolen and two cotton mills. There are also manufactures of axes, bed-steads, straw bonnets, leather, boots, shoes, wool cards, machinery, joiners' gages,... Read MORE...

  • 1845 - SHARON. [Pop. 1,076. Inc. 1765.]
    Sharon was once a part of Stoughton, and, with it, a part of Dorchester.

    The Indians called it Mashapoag, and from a pond of the same name issues one of the chief sources of Neponset River.

    It manufactures are cotton and woollen goods, and straw bonnets.

    Distance from... Read MORE...

  • 1854 - Sharon
    Sharon, a post-village in Norfolk co., Massachusetts, on the Boston and Providence railroad, 17 miles S. by W. from Boston. Population of the township, 1128.
    A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
  • News  1872 - Three young sons of Mr. Miller, of Sharon, Mass., were drowned in that town the other day, by breaking through the ice.

    St Joseph Herald
    Saint Joseph, Michigan
    February 24, 1872
  • News  1886 - The editor of the Sharon (Mass.) Advocate has bone into the marrying business as a little side speculation.
    In a recent issue of his paper he says: "Persons intending marriage are reminded that the editor of the Advocate has had his commission as justice of the peace renewed by his Excellency Governor Robinson. Brother editors will be married to Sharon ladies free."
    St Joseph Herald
    Saint Joseph, Michigan
    June 19, 1886
  • Sharon Massachusetts, 1890
    Sharon occupies the highlands which form the water-shed of streams flowing in opposite directions — northeasterly towards Massachusetts or southwesterly towards Narragansett Bay. It has for its boundaries Norwood on the north, Canton on the northeast, Stoughton on the east, Easton and Mansfield on... Read MORE...

  • 1895 - Sharon
    Sharon, a post-village in Sharon township, Norfolk co., Mass., on the Boston & Providence Railroad, 17 miles S. by W. of Boston. It has several churches, and manufactures of cotton duck, carriages, trowels, &c. The town ship has 5 churches, and a large hotel on Massapoag Lake. Pop. of the township, ... Read MORE...

  • News  1896 - FOUND WATERY GRAVES
    Sharon, Mass., June 30. - What was intended to be a week’s enjoyable outing was brought to an abrupt and sad close at Lake Massapoag Monday afternoon. Assistant Pastor Rev. Joseph Maxwell, Choir Master Frederick Brackett, Clerk George R Keys and 16 choir boys of St John’s Episcopal church,... Read MORE...

  • News  1898 - ONLY FOUR KILLED IN WRECK.
    CASUALTIES AT SHARON NOT SO NUMEROUS AS AT FIRST REPORTED - TWO MAY NOT RECOVER.

    Sharon, Mass., Aug. 22. - In the excitement and confusion attending the clearing away of the wreckage caused by last night's collision on the New York, New Haven & Hartford road it was reported that seven were... Read MORE...

  • 1906
    Sharon, a post- village in Sharon township (town), Norfolk co., Mass., on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 17 miles S. by W. of Boston. It has manufactures of cutlery, boxes, carriages, etc. Pop. of the town in 1900, 2060.
    Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906

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