Sharptown, Indiana

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Sharptown, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Sharptown
Coordinates: 39°22′01″N84°52′25″W / 39.36694°N 84.87361°W / 39.36694; -84.87361
Country United States
State Indiana
County Franklin
Township Whitewater
Elevation
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1,007 ft (307 m)
ZIP code
47060
FIPS code 18-69066 [2]
GNIS feature ID443314 [1]

Sharptown is an unincorporated community in Whitewater Township, Franklin County, Indiana.

History

Sharptown (historically called Sharpstown) was originally a post office on the Mt. Carmel and Johnson Fork Turnpike. [3] The post office at Sharptown operated from 1878 until 1906. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sharptown, Indiana
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ Reifel, August Jacob (1915). History of Franklin County, Indiana. Windmill Publications. pp.  133.
  4. ↑ "Franklin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 8, 2014.


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