Sharon

History

The community of Sharon is visible on maps as early as 1865. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Sharon as a town in 1884. The community is named after the Plain of Sharon, a place mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. Into the 1890s, Sharon was bustling with thousands of travelers who came there for the reputed healing powers of the nearby Electric Health Resort, where it was said that exposure to bedrock in a subterranean chamber provided electrical healing powers. The resort, which included a hotel, lake, and post office, eventually burned down.

Geography

Sharon is located at (33.558724, -82.793784). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Turkey Vulture

  Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  245
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  228
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  219
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  175
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  165
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  146
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  140
• Black Vulture

  Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves
  139

Most recent

• M 2.7 — 2025-07-05
  11 km ENE of Parksville, South Carolina
• M 2.57 — 2018-09-13
  2 km ESE of McCormick, South Carolina
• M 3.2 — 2017-06-20
  6 km SW of Augusta, Georgia
• M 2.52 — 2017-04-21
  3 km NE of Evans, Georgia
• M 2.72 — 2017-04-06
  6 km WSW of Sparta, Georgia
• M 2.51 — 2017-04-06
  6 km WSW of Sparta, Georgia