Pittsburgh Region
Allegheny County
Borough of Sharpsburg

Sharpsburg

Sharpsburg is a borough in , United States, 5 miles northeast of downtown , along the . In 1900, nearly 7,000 people lived here; in 1920, the population peaked at just over 8,900 people.
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  • Type: Village with 3,320 residents
  • Description: borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Also known as: “Sharpsburg, PA” and “Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sixmile Island and Bayernhof Music Museum.

Islet
is an alluvial in the in in the U.S. state of . Despite being shown as part of Sharpsburg borough on some maps, including from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, it is part of O'Hara Township.

Museum
Photo: Daderot, CC0.
features a major collection of automated musical instruments from the 19th and 20th centuries. Located six miles northeast of downtown Pittsburgh in the suburb of , it is housed in a German-style mansion…

Zoo
The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium is a zoo and aquarium in the , one of only six major zoo and aquarium hybrids in the United States. Located in , 's , the zoo sits on 77 acres of park land where it exhibits more than 4,000 animals representing 475 species, including 20 threatened or endangered species.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aspinwall and O’Hara Township.

Village
Photo: Leepaxton, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a borough on the in , United States. It is part of the . The population was 2,916 at the 2020 census.

Town
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
O'Hara Township is a township with home rule status in , , United States, six miles northeast of . The community was long organized as a township, and retains "Township" in its official name, but adopted a home rule charter in 1973 and is no longer subject to the Pennsylvania Township Code.

Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
The Strip District and Lawrenceville are two prominent neighborhoods on the eastern side of , in an area with many former industrial and warehouse districts where many immigrant workers lived.

Sharpsburg

Latitude
40.49451° or 40° 29′ 40″ north
Longitude
-79.92644° or 79° 55′ 35″ west
Population
3,320
Elevation
735 feet (224 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US S7G
Open location code
87G2F3VF+RC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 157562575
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5211708
Wiki­data ID
Q1180770
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Sharpsburg” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Sharpsburg”
  • Catalan: “Sharpsburg”
  • Cebuano: “Sharpsburg”
  • Chechen: “Шарпсбург”
  • Chinese: “Sharpsburg”
  • Dutch: “Sharpsburg”
  • French: “Sharpsburg”
  • German: “Sharpsburg”
  • Gilaki: “شارپسبرگ (پنسيلوانيا)”
  • Gilaki: “شارپسبرگ”
  • Haitian: “Sharpsburg, Pennsilvani”
  • Haitian: “Sharpsburg”
  • Italian: “Sharpsburg”
  • Japanese: “シャープスバーグ”
  • Ladin: “Sharpsburg”
  • Malagasy: “Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania”
  • Malagasy: “Sharpsburg”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sharpsburg”
  • Portuguese: “Sharpsburg”
  • Serbian: “Шарпсбург”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sharpsburg”
  • Slovenian: “Sharpsburg”
  • Spanish: “Sharpsburg (Pensilvania)”
  • Spanish: “Sharpsburg”
  • Tatar: “Шарпсбург”
  • Ukrainian: “Шарпсбург”
  • Uzbek: “Sharpsburg”
  • Uzbek: “Шарпсбург”
  • Vietnamese: “Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania”
  • Vietnamese: “Sharpsburg”
  • Volapük: “Sharpsburg”
  • Welsh: “Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania”
  • Welsh: “Sharpsburg”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sharpsburg Volunteer Fire Department Station 265 and Sharpsburg Police Department.

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