Sharon, Mississippi
Encyclopedia
Sharon is an unincorporated community located on Mississippi Highway 43
in Madison County
, Mississippi
, United States
. Sharon is approximately 12 miles (19.3 km) southwest of Camden
and 7 miles (11.3 km) northeast of Canton
.
Although an unincorporated community, Sharon has a post office
and zip code
of 39163.
Mississippi Highway 43
Mississippi Highway 43 generally runs north–south in three segments: the first from U.S. Highway 90 near Bay St. Louis to Mississippi Highway 13 south of Columbia, resuming at MS 13 in southern Jefferson Davis County to end near Mendenhall, and finally starting again at Mississippi Highway 18...
in Madison County
Madison County, Mississippi
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 74,674 people, 27,219 households, and 19,325 families residing in the county. The population density was 104 people per square mile . There were 28,781 housing units at an average density of 40 per square mile...
, Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Sharon is approximately 12 miles (19.3 km) southwest of Camden
Camden, Mississippi
Camden is an unincorporated community located on Mississippi Highway 17 in Madison County, Mississippi, United States. Camden is approximately northeast of Sharon.Although unincorporated, Camden has a post office and a zip code of 39045....
and 7 miles (11.3 km) northeast of Canton
Canton, Mississippi
Canton is a city in Madison County, Mississippi. The population was 12,911 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Madison County, and situated in the northern part of the metropolitan area surrounding the state capital, Jackson....
.
Although an unincorporated community, Sharon has a post office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
and zip code
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
of 39163.