Sharon, Connecticut
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Sharon is a
ZIP code for Sharon is 06069. The urban center of the town is the Sharon census-designated place, with a population of 729 at the 2010 census.[2]
History
The first inhabitants of the area they called Poconnuck were the
Mattabesec Native Americans. These were part of what became known as the Wappinger confederacy, which in turn belonged to the loose Algonquian
confederacy.
Sharon was incorporated in 1739. It is named after the
Plain of Sharon.[3]
Historic sites
Sharon has six sites listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places:
- Ebenezer Gay House, 18 Main St., Sharon
- George King House, 12 N. Main St., Sharon
- Gov. Smith Homestead, South Main St., Sharon
- James Pardee House, 129 N. Main St., Sharon
- Sharon Historic District, roughly Main St. from Low Rd. to its junction with Mitchelltown, Amenia Union, and W. Woods Rds., Sharon
- Sharon Valley Historic District
Geography
The town is bounded on the north by Salisbury, on the east across the Housatonic River by Cornwall, on the south by Kent, and on the west by Dutchess County, New York. Sharon is 42 miles (68 km) north of Danbury, 52 miles (84 km) west of Hartford, and 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Poughkeepsie, New York.
According to the
Northwest Highlands of Connecticut, a region in and around the watershed of the Housatonic River. The Appalachian Trail passes for a few miles through the east side of Sharon, near West Cornwall and U.S. Route 7. Housatonic Meadows State Park
is in the eastern part of the town, next to the Housatonic River.
Principal communities
- Amenia Union
- Ellsworth
- Sharon center
- Sharon Valley
- Main Street & Green
- Calkinstown
- West Woods
Demographics
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1820 | 2,573 | — | |
| 1850 | 2,507 | — | |
| 1860 | 2,556 | 2.0% | |
| 1870 | 2,441 | −4.5% | |
| 1880 | 2,580 | 5.7% | |
| 1890 | 2,149 | −16.7% | |
| 1900 | 1,982 | −7.8% | |
| 1910 | 1,880 | −5.1% | |
| 1920 | 1,585 | −15.7% | |
| 1930 | 1,710 | 7.9% | |
| 1940 | 1,611 | −5.8% | |
| 1950 | 1,889 | 17.3% | |
| 1960 | 2,141 | 13.3% | |
| 1970 | 2,491 | 16.3% | |
| 1980 | 2,623 | 5.3% | |
| 1990 | 2,928 | 11.6% | |
| 2000 | 2,968 | 1.4% | |
| 2010 | 2,782 | −6.3% | |
| 2020 | 2,680 | −3.7% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[5] | |||
As of the
Latino
of any race were 1.95% of the population.
There were 1,246 households, of which 25.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.9% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.8% were non-families. 31.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.87.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 21.3% under the age of 18, 4.2% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 29.1% from 45 to 64, and 21.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males.
The
poverty line
, including 10.4% of those under the age of 18 and none of those 65 and older.
Education
Sharon is a member of Regional School District 01, which also includes the towns of
North Canaan, and Salisbury. Public school students attend Sharon Center School from grades K–8 and Housatonic Valley Regional High School
from grades 9–12.
Transportation
The town is served by state highways
Amenia, New York, and Route 361 leads towards Millerton, New York
, 6 miles (10 km) north of Sharon.
Notable people
- Kevin Bacon (born 1958), and his wife Kyra Sedgwick (born 1965), actors
- Patricia Buckley Bozell (1927–2008), author and editor; reared in Sharon with her brother William at the Buckley family home, "Great Elm"
- William F. Buckley Jr. (1925–2008), public intellectual, founder of National Review
- Yancy Butler (born 1970), former Witchblade actress[7]
- William Coley (1862–1936), prominent New York bone surgeon and inventor of "Coley's toxins", an early form of cancer immunotherapy
- Jane Curtin (born 1947), actress and comedian
- Michael J. Fox (born 1961) and his wife Tracy Pollan (born 1960), actors
- Frank R. Fratellenico (1951–1970), Medal of Honor recipient, Vietnam War
- Arthur Getz (1913–1996), illustrator for The New Yorker magazine
- Tom Goldenberg (born 1948), artist[8]
- Eunice Groark (1938–2018), Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
- Thomas Hart (1877–1971), U.S. Navy admiral and U.S. senator
- Benjamin B. Hotchkiss (1826–1885), ordnance engineer, husband of Maria Bissell Hotchkiss
- Maria Bissell Hotchkiss (1827–1901), educator, wife of Benjamin B. Hotchkiss
- S. Holden Jaffe, musician behind Del Water Gap
- Jasper Johns (born 1930), artist
- Elijah Juckett (1760–1839), Continental Army soldier
- Helen Coley Nauts (1907–2001), daughter of William Coley and co-founder of the Cancer Research Institute
- Sam Posey (born 1944), retired racecar driver and sports broadcaster
- Campbell Scott (born 1961), actor
- congressmanfrom Connecticut
- Governor of Connecticut
- Bradley Whitford (born 1959) and his wife Jane Kaczmarek (born 1955), actors
Sharon Hospital, the birthplace of several persons who were not residents
- Pine Plains, New York
- U.S. National Security Advisor to President Bill Clinton, born in Sharon on October 28, 1945; raised in nearby Millerton, New York
- Amenia, New York
- Alfred Korzybski, founder of the nearby Institute of General Semantics, died at Sharon Hospital March 1, 1950
References
- ^ "Census - Geography Profile: Sharon town, Litchfield County, Connecticut". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Sharon CDP, Connecticut". American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
- ^ The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly. Connecticut Magazine Company. 1903. p. 334.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Sharon town, Litchfield County, Connecticut". American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Actress Yancy Butler arrested for DUI". USA Today. March 15, 2007[dead link]
- ^ Epworth, Marsden. "Inspired by a Millerton Landscape," TriCorner News, May 17, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
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External links
- Town of Sharon official website
- Sharon Historical Society
- Historic USGS map including Sharon, in the southwest corner of the quadrangle
- 1935 description of Sharon
- Mudge Pond, a 206-acre (83 ha) lake in the northwest part of Sharon
- Sharon Audubon Center
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