unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
, United States.Locality Search State of New Jersey. Accessed March 4, 2015. Located at the intersection of Herbert Road and Sharon Station Road, the settlement is the site of a former stop on the
Pemberton and Hightstown Railroad
The Pemberton and Hightstown Railroad was a railroad in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
History
The Pemberton and Hightstown Railroad was chartered in 1864 and completed in 1868; it linked the towns of Pemberton and Hightstown, a total of .See Br ...
. Except for a few single-family homes in the area, most of the area is farmland. The railroad has since been abandoned and is being converted to the
Union Transportation Trail
The Union Transportation Trail is a rail trail situated in western Monmouth County, New Jersey. It extends from Hornerstown, New Jersey, to the Assunpink Wildlife Management Area.
The trail occupies the former roadbed of the Pennsylvania Rail ...
, a rail trail. Sharon is the current northern terminus of the trail.