Sharpsville, Pennsylvania
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Sharpsville is a
borough A borough is an administrative division in various English language, English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History ...
that is located in western
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, United States, along the Shenango River. The population was 4,253 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the Hermitage micropolitan area.


History

The First Universalist Church of Sharpsville and Jonas J. Pierce House are listed on the
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. In 2004 local politicians proposed the creation of Shenango Valley City, consisting of Sharpsville as well as Hermitage,
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, Farrell, and Wheatland with the issue being put on the ballot in the form of a referendum. Then
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voiced support for the measure and would be joined by Kathleen McGinty, Secretary of the
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, and Dennis Yablonsky, Secretary of the Department of Community and Economic Development with the trio touring the region to urge for voters to pass the motion. The city would largely be an expansion of Hermitage, whose city government would be retained including the office of mayor and its nine-member city council. The merger would have kept the various independent school districts intact. The effort would ultimately be defeated, and via the ordinance the issue of merger could not be brought up again until 2009.


Geography

Sharpsville is located at (41.259005, -80.481791). According to the
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, the borough has a total area of , of which is land and (1.42%) is water.


Demographics

As of the
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of 2022, there were 3,930 people, 1,971 households and 804 families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were 2,016 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 97.53%
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, 1.22%
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, 0.91% Asian, and 0.34% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 0.6% of the population. There were 1,971 households, of which 40.8% were
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living together; 14.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 40.4% were non-families. The average household size was 2.11 and the average family size was 2.77. Within the borough, the population was spread out, with 28.9% of residents who were under the age of 20, 24.8% from 21 to 40, 29.6% from 41 to 60, and 16.9% from 60 to 80+. The median age was 44.5 years, for males it is 42.5, and females 47.2. The sex ratio is 2,269 female at 54.4%, and male at 1,899 at 45.6%. The median income for a household in the borough was $46,523, and the median income for a family was $65,000. Males had a median income of $41,900 compared with that of $31,439 for females. The
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for the borough was $29,830. Approximately 12.6% of the population were living below the
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, including 25% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 4% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.


Broadcast media


Television

Because of Sharpsville's location near the Pennsylvania/Ohio border, it is served by
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(
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),
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(
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),
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(
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),
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(
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) and WBCB ( CW), all broadcast from nearby
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.


Radio

Sharpsville is served by AM radio stations such as WPIC (790 AM) from
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and WKBN (570 AM) from
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and FM radio stations such as WYFM/"Y-103" (102.9 FM) from Sharon, WAKZ/"KISS FM" (95.9 FM) from Sharpsville, WYLE/"Willie 95.1" (95.1 FM) from Grove City, and WMXY/"Mix 98.9" (98.9 FM) from Youngstown.


Notable people

*
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– actor *
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– president of American magazine publisher
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, and father of United States First Lady Barbara Pierce Bush * Brian L. Stafford – 20th
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of the
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See also

* Buhl Farm Golf Course


References


External links


Borough websiteBuhl Farm Park

Sharpsville Area Historical Society
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