New Sharon

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New Sharon

Total population

1,180

Median home value

$133,600

21%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$48,750

New Sharon$49k

National$74k

Weather79°F · Partly Sunny

Coordinates41.47°, -92.65°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

New Sharon is a city in Mahaska County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,262 at the time of the 2020 census. The first building was erected in 1856 by Edward Quaintance.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for New Sharon, IA from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Altus Lacy Quaintance

American naturalist (1870-1958)

William Alanson Bryan

American ornithologist, zoologist, botanist and museum curator (1875-1942)

L

Louis Tuttle Shangle

American politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Iowa

• Lynnville
  10 mi away
• Montezuma
  10.1 mi away
• Leighton
  11.5 mi away
• Beacon
  13.5 mi away
• Keomah Village
  14 mi away
• Malcom
  17 mi away
• Oakland Acres
  19.4 mi away
• Eddyville
  21.5 mi away
• Bussey
  21.9 mi away
• Monroe
  23.7 mi away
• Kirkville
  23.9 mi away
• Marysville
  25.4 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about New Sharon

New England to Iowa

Sharon K. Jelinek · 1999

Central States spring show & sale of Scotch shorthorn cattle

Central States Shorthorn Breeders Association · 1950

Circular history of an Iowa peach

A. Branson (Firm) · 1897

1990 census of population and housing

United States. Bureau of the Census · 1992

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain · 1876

My Ántonia

Willa Cather · 1818

Papers of the NAACP

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. · 2003

American Film

American Film Institute · 1975

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