Sharon, West Virginia

Infobox Settlement
name = Sharon, West Virginia
settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = West Virginia
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Kanawha

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population_as_of = 2000
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timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_footnotes = Gnis|1546622|Sharon, West Virginia. Retrieved on 2008-07-05.]
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elevation_ft = 673
latd = 38 |latm = 09 |lats = 34 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 26 |longs = 49 |longEW = W

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blank2_name = Other names
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Sharon is an unincorporated community in southeastern Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States, located along the West Virginia Turnpike.

Geography

Sharon is located at coord|38|09|34|N|81|26|49|W|region:US_type:city (38.159549, -81.447059). Its elevation is 673 feet (205 m).

Transportation

Sharon is located on Secondary State Route 79, locally known as Cabin Creek Road. Exit 79 of Interstate 77 is located here. Although no services are available, frugal northbound travelers sometimes exit here and follow Cabin Creek Road to Chelyan, and re-enter I-77, to avoid the Turnpike's northernmost toll barrier. This is ill-advised if one is in any sort of hurry; one will likely encounter slow truck traffic, an at-grade railroad crossing frequently blocked by long, slow coal trains, and three separate stoplights.

Until the 1980s, a rail spur ran from the CSX railroad tracks up a short hollow, serving a coal mine tipple. The remnants of the tracks and rail bed can still be seen at present day along Paint Branch, however, no sign remains of the at-grade crossing of Cabin Creek Road or the trestle that crossed Cabin Creek.

As a result of the badly needed upgrade of the West Virginia Turnpike to Interstate standards, multiple homes occupying the adjacent land were bought by the state and demolished. Remains and markers from an abandoned 19th century era cemetery were also relocated.

Sharon had a United States Post Office until the early 1990s, the ZIP code was 25182.

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