Sharpsville

History

The town was named after founder E.M. Sharp, who originally was from Washington County, Pennsylvania. Sharp moved to Morgan County, Illinois in 1831, prior to relocating to Jennings County, Indiana in 1838. In spring 1849, he moved to Liberty Township. The town was platted on May 24, 1850, under the assumption that Sharpsville would become the county seat for Tipton Township (which became Tipton). A town square was incorporated into the town layout which became a public park rather than the location of a place of government. The town was incorporated in 1873, but it ceased to be incorporated by vote in 1881 and regained village status. The Sharpsville post office has been in operation since 1851. Many of the first buildings were churches. The First Methodist church in Sharpsville was built in 1852 and the Richland Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1857. In 1873, the Hopewell Presbyterian Church was founded 2.5 miles east of Sharpsville, with a building being completed for the congregation in 1874. As the need for local education arose in 1852, Martha Ann Grishaw would become teacher of the first school in Sharpsville. School was held in a wooden cabin. The second school was taught by Lizzie Smith in a small house on the south-side of the town square. The earliest schools were subscription schools where citizens paid a fee to have their children educated. Later a Secondary school was founded as Sharpsville-Prairie High School. In 1970 the High School, along with Windfall High School, merged to form Tri-Central Middle/High School. Sharpsville was home to participants in the American Civil War . On August 9, 1861, a company assembled in Sharpsville that would join the 26th Indiana Infantry Regiment as Company C. In all, 78 listed on the Company C Roster listed…

Geography

According to the 2010 census, Sharpsville has a total area of , all land. Sharpsville is bound on the south by Broad Creek a stream that connects Mud Creek going East and Barr Ditch going West.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Tipton Elementary School
  Elementary · Tipton · 668 students · 15.9:1 ratio
• Tipton High School
  High · Tipton · 439 students · 11.9:1 ratio
• Tri Central Middle-High School
  High · Sharpsville · 410 students · 13.2:1 ratio
• Tri Central Elementary
  Elementary · Sharpsville · 377 students · 15.7:1 ratio
• Tipton Middle School
  Middle · Tipton · 335 students · 12.9:1 ratio