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Sharpsville is the name of several places in the United States of America: *Sharpsville, Indiana *Sharpsville, Pennsylvania See also * Sharpeville, Gauteng, a township in South Africa, site of ** Sharpeville massacre The Sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 March 1960 at the police station in the township of Sharpeville in the then Transvaal Province of the then Union of South Africa (today part of Gauteng). After demonstrating against pass laws, a crowd o ...

Sharpsville, Indiana
Sharpsville is a town in Liberty Township, Tipton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The community is part of the Kokomo, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, Sharpsville's population is 607. History The town was named after founder E.M. Sharp, who originally was from Washington County, Pennsylvania. Sharp moved to Morgan County, Illinois in 1831, prior to relocating to Jennings County, Indiana in 1838. In spring 1849, he moved to Liberty Township. The town was platted on May 24, 1850, under the assumption that Sharpsville would become the county seat for Tipton Township (which became Tipton). A town square was incorporated into the town layout which became a public park rather than the location of a place of government. The town was incorporated in 1873, but it ceased to be incorporated by vote in 1881 and regained village status. The Sharpsville post office has been in operation since 1851. Many of the first buildings were churches. The F ...
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Sharpsville, Pennsylvania
Sharpsville is a borough (Pennsylvania), borough in western Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Shenango River. The population was 4,253 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the Mahoning Valley, Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area. History The First Universalist Church of Sharpsville and Jonas J. Pierce House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Geography Sharpsville is located at (41.259005, -80.481791). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , of which is land and (1.42%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2022, there were 3,930 people, 1,971 households and 804 families residing in the borough. The population density was 2,825 per square mile (1,250.0/km2). There were 2,016 housing units at an average density of 1,453.4 per square mile (560.0/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 97.53% White (U.S. Census), White, 1.22% African American (U.S. Census), Af ...
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Sharpeville, Gauteng
Sharpeville (also spelled Sharpville) is a township situated between two large industrial cities, Vanderbijlpark and Vereeniging, in southern Gauteng, South Africa. Sharpeville is one of the oldest of six townships in the Vaal Triangle. It was named after John Lillie Sharpe who came to South Africa from Glasgow, Scotland, as secretary of Stewarts & Lloyds. Sharpe was elected to the Vereeniging City Council in 1932 and held the position of mayor from 1934 to 1937. The main reason for the establishment of Sharpeville was the relocation of people from "Top Location" to an area away from Vereeniging because it was felt black people were too close to Vereeniging for comfort. Because the project was intended only to relocate residents of "Top Location", and not to house additional people, it did not alleviate the housing shortage. What was planned as a five-year resettlement project beginning in 1935, in fact, took 20 years. In 1941, 16,000 people lived in "Top Location". The bu ...
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