Sharon, California

Sharon
Unincorporated community
Sharon Location in California
Coordinates: 37°05′53″N 120°07′48″W / 37.09806°N 120.13000°W / 37.09806; -120.13000Coordinates: 37°05′53″N 120°07′48″W / 37.09806°N 120.13000°W / 37.09806; -120.13000
Country	United States
State	California
County	Madera County
Elevation^[1]	295 ft (90 m)

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]

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 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sharon, California
1 2 3 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.

Municipalities and communities of Madera County, California, United States

County seat: Madera

Cities	Chowchilla Madera

CDPs	Ahwahnee Bass Lake Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos Coarsegold Fairmead La Vina Madera Acres Nipinnawasee Oakhurst Parksdale Parkwood Rolling Hills Yosemite Lakes

Unincorporated communities	Ahwahnee Estates Bass Lake Annex Berenda Bonadelle Ranchos Bonadelle Ranchos Five Bonadelle Ranchos Nine Bonita Borden Cascadel Woods Central Camp Dairyland Daulton Fine Gold Fresno Crossing Gregg Hildreth Indian Lakes Estates Indian Springs Irrigosa Italian Swiss Colony Kismet Knowles Knowles Junction Lake Madera Country Estates Madera Country Club Estates Madera Highlands Madera Ranchos Minturn North Fork Notarb Old Corral O'Neals Raymond Ripperdan River Road Estates San Joaquin River Estates Sharon Sierra Vista South Fork Storey Sugar Pine Sumner Hill The Pines Trigo Valley Lake Ranchos Whisky Falls Yosemite Forks Yosemite Lakes Park

Indian reservations	Northfork Rancheria Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians

Ghost towns	Ash Bailey Flats Bethel Birch Buchanan Califa Cascadel Femmon Fort Miller Gertrude Gold Grub Gulch Herbert Hillside Jesbel Lankershim Lincoln Magnet Medano Miami Millerton Minarets Narbo Oak Ovejo Plains Rallsville Starville Talbot Tharsa Tillman Tyler Watt Willow Glen Wishon

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