Place:Sharon, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Name
Sharon
Type
Town
Coordinates
42.117°N 71.167°W
Located in
Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Sharon is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 17,408 at the 2000 census. For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place Sharon, please see the article Sharon (CDP), Massachusetts.

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Sharon was first settled by the British in 1637, was established as the 2nd Precinct of Stoughton in 1740, was incorporated as the Town of Stoughtonham in 1765 and named Sharon in 1783. During the American Revolution the townspeople of Sharon made cannonballs for the Continental Army.

In front of the Sharon Public Library stands a statue of Deborah Sampson, Sharon's town heroine. Deborah Sampson disguised herself as a man to fight in the Revolutionary War. Deborah Sampson married Benjamin Gannett, a farmer, after she fought in the war and lived in Sharon until the end of her life.

The Unitarian Church in Sharon Center has a church bell manufactured by Paul Revere.

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