Sharon, New Jersey

Populated place in Monmouth County, New Jersey, US

Unincorporated community in New Jersey, United States

40°12′23″N 74°32′10″W / 40.20639°N 74.53611°W / 40.20639; -74.53611Country

United StatesState

New JerseyCounty Monmouth Township Upper FreeholdElevation

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118 ft (36 m)Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)GNIS feature ID880506^[1]

Sharon is an unincorporated community located within Upper Freehold Township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[2] Located at the intersection of Herbert Road and Sharon Station Road, the settlement is the site of a former stop on the Pemberton and Hightstown Railroad.^[3]^[4] Except for a few single-family homes in the area, most of the area is farmland.^[5] The railroad has since been abandoned and is being converted to the Union Transportation Trail, a rail trail. Sharon is the current northern terminus of the trail.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Sharon". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed March 4, 2015.
^ Mueller's Automobile Driving and Trolley Map of Mercer County, New Jersey (Map). A. H. Mueller. 1918. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
^ Pennsylvania Railroad and Its Connections (Map). December 1, 1911. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
^ Google (September 12, 2015). "Aerial view of Sharon" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
^ "Map of Union Transportation Trail" (PDF). Monmouth County Park System. February 2015. Retrieved September 12, 2015.