Town of Sharon

Town of Sharon is a locality in Norfolk, Massachusetts. Town of Sharon is situated nearby to the hamlet Sharon Heights, as well as near East Sharon.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sharon station and Massapoag Lake.

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.

Massapoag Lake

Lake

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Lake Massapoag is a 353-acre, natural, springfed lake located in Sharon, Massachusetts. The name Massapoag is Algonquin, meaning "large water". Lake Massapoag is the headwaters of the Massapoag Brook, which flows into the Neponset River.

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.

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.

Town of Sharon

Type: Locality with 18,200 residents
Also known as: “Mashapoag”, “Massapoag”, “Pole Plain”, “Stoughtonham”, “Town of Stoughton”, and “Town of Stoughtonham”
Location: Norfolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.1085° or 42° 6′ 31″ north

Longitude

-71.183° or 71° 10′ 59″ west

Population

18,200

Elevation

259 feet (79 metres)

Open location code

87JC4R58+CQ

GeoNames ID

4950665

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