Sharon, Ontario

Sharon, Ontario

:"See also Sharon, Middlesex County, Ontario"

Sharon is a former village which has been incorporated into the municipality of the Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario, Canada, formerly the Township of East Gwillimbury. The municipal offices of the town are located in Sharon.

The Sharon Temple, the one-time meeting house of the Children of Peace (or Davidite) religious sect, located in Sharon, is part of the architectural heritage of Ontario. It is now a museum and historic site; and is home (since 2007) to the Words Alive Literary Festival.

In the mid to late 1980s, housing developments were built in the area around Sharon. Further developments have continued slowly around Sharon since 2002.

Geography and information

*Population: about 3,000
*Area: -
*density: -
*Location:
**Latitude: about 44.15 N
**Longitude: about 79.7 W
*Area code: +1-905
*Name of inhabitants: Sharonite? "sing.", -s "pl."
*Postal code: - L0G 1V0

Transportation

Sharon has bus service by York Region Transit, as well as commuter train service from GO Transit through East Gwillimbury Station in the southwestern corner of Sharon.

The area is served by Highway 404 which is accessed via the Green Lane interchange. Before 2001, the nearest interchange was a couple of kilometres south at Davis Drive in Newmarket. Plans exist to extend the highway through East Gwillimbury and further north.

urrounding communities

*Queensville, north
*Mount Albert, east
*Newmarket south
*Holland Landing, west

ee also

* List of communities in Ontario

External links

* [http://www.eastgwillimbury.ca/ Town of East Gwillimbury]
* [http://www.sharontemple.ca/ Sharon Temple]
* [http://www.wordsalive.ca Words Alive Literary Festival]

Map and aerial photos

* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=44.15&decimal&latitude=-79.75&longitude=&zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest] , [http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=44.15&lons1=-79.75&alts1=35 MapPoint] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=44.15,79.75 Google]
* [http://terraserver.microsoft.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=14&lon=44.15&lat=-79.75&w=750&h=500 Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=44.15,-79.75&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google]
*Coordinates: coord|43|36|N|79|51|W|


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