East Sharon

East Sharon is a hamlet in Town of Sharon, Norfolk, Massachusetts. East Sharon is situated nearby to the hamlet Cobb’s Corner, as well as near West Stoughton.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sharon station and Sharon Historic District.

Sharon station

Railway station

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Sharon station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Sharon, Massachusetts. It serves the Providence/Stoughton Line. The station has two separate entrances for inbound trains to Boston and for outbound trains to Providence and beyond.

Sharon Historic District

Park

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The Sharon Historic District is a historic district on both sides of N. Main Street from Post Office Square to School Street in Sharon, Massachusetts. The area includes the earliest formally laid out part of Sharon, when it was established as a parish of Stoughton in 1740.

Canton Center station

Railway station

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Canton Center station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Canton, Massachusetts. It serves the Providence/Stoughton Line, including most Stoughton Branch service except for evening inbound trains. Canton Center station is situated 1½ miles northeast of East Sharon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sharon and Canton.

Sharon

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Sharon is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 18,575 at the 2020 census. It contains the census-designated place of the same name.

Canton

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Canton is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 24,370 at the 2020 census. Canton is part of Greater Boston, about 15 miles southwest of Downtown Boston.

Stoughton

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Stoughton is a town in Massachusetts with a population of 29,000 that is about 20 minutes south of Boston. It was founded in 1726 and named after William Stoughton, who was chief justice in the Salem Witch Trials.

East Sharon

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Town of Sharon, Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.1351° or 42° 8′ 6″ north

Longitude

-71.16116° or 71° 9′ 40″ west

Elevation

190 feet (58 metres)

Open location code

87JC4RPQ+2G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158859682

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4935505

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