Sharon Center is an
unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) at the geographic center of
Sharon Township, Medina County, Ohio
Sharon Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 5,966 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the east part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:
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,
United States
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.
As of the
2020 census it had a population of 918.
History
The first settlement at Sharon Center was made in 1816. A post office called "Sharon Centre" was established in 1833, and the name was changed to Sharon Center in 1893.
Sharon Center was first listed as a census-designated place prior to the
2020 census.
Geography
The community is in northeastern
Ohio
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, in the eastern part of
Medina County. The center of the community is at the center of Sharon Township, at the intersection of Ohio state routes
94 and
162. The intersection is a large traffic circle with a park in the center containing a gazebo and several memorials to veterans of various wars. Route 94 leads north to
Hinckley
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and south to
Wadsworth, while Route 162 leads east to
Akron
Akron () is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is the fifth-most populous city in Ohio, with a population of 190,469 at the 2020 census. The Akron metropolitan area, covering Summit and Portage counties, had ...
and west to the southern outskirts of
Medina
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.
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau
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, the Sharon Center CDP has an area of , all land.
The community is drained by Wolf Creek, an east-flowing tributary of the
Tuscarawas River, part of the
Muskingum River
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watershed.
Economy
In 2010,
A. Schulman closed its manufacturing facility as a consequence of their acquisition of McCann Color.
Notable people
*
Karen Archey, art critic and curator
*
Daryl Morey
Daryl Morey (born September 14, 1972) is an American basketball executive who is the president of basketball operations of the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His basketball philosophy, heavily reliant on analyt ...
, general manager of the Houston Rockets
See also
*
Highland Local School District
References
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Census-designated places in Medina County, Ohio
Census-designated places in Ohio
Unincorporated communities in Medina County, Ohio
Unincorporated communities in Ohio