Sharon is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in Madera County

Madera County, California

Madera County is a county of the U.S. state of California, located in the Central Valley and the Sierra Nevada north of Fresno County. It comprises the Madera-Chowchilla, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census the population was 150,865...

, California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

. It is located on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad 4 miles (6.4 km) east-northeast of Fairmead

Fairmead, California

Fairmead is a census-designated place in Madera County, California. It is located northwest of Madera, at an elevation of 253 feet . The population was 1,447 at the 2010 census.A post office operated at Fairmead from 1913 to 1940.-Demographics:...

, at an elevation of 295 feet (90 m).

A post office operated at Sharon from 1898 to 1927. San Francisco financier William Sharon was a promoter of the settlement, that later bore his name.