Sharptown, Indiana

Sharptown, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°22′01″N 84°52′25″W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Franklin
Township	Whitewater
Elevation [1]	1,007 ft (307 m)
ZIP code	47060
FIPS code	18-69066[2]
GNIS feature ID	443314[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]

References

1. 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.