Sharon, ID

    Sharon, ID

    • Settled: 1864- by Mormon settlers led by Charles C. Rich
    • Original Name: Emigration
    • Origin of Name: Named after Sharon, VT; Mormon prophet Joseph Smith’s birthplace Location: 6.75 miles west of Montpelier on Hwy 36
    • Well Known History: An outgrowth of Liberty. Early business ventures: the cooperative Union Dairy, several sawmills & a coal vein found as drillers dug for water Estimated Population: At one time 250 lived there, but now an unincorporated rural area with no population estimates

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