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The Appalachian Trail passes through a few miles east of Sharon, near West Cornwall and U.S. Highway 7.

As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 2,968, roughly a third more than it had had 220 years earlier.

1 History

The first inhabitants of the area they called Poconnuck were the Mattabesec Indians. There were part of what became known as the Wappinger confederacy which in turn belonged to the loose Algonquin confederacy.

• 1739: Sharon is incorporated. It is named after the Plain of Sharon.
• 1765: John Cotton Smith , son of Cotton Mather and a prominent Connecticut politician, is born in Sharon.
• 1782: The population of Sharon grows to over 2,230 people.
• 1960: Young Americans for FreedomYoung Americans for Freedom (YAF) is a conservative youth group based in the United States of America. It was founded in 1960 in Sharon, Connecticut with the help of conservative author William F. Buckley Jr. as an alternative to the left-wing groups whic was founded at the estate of William F. Buckley, Jr.William Frank Buckley Jr. born November 24, 1925), an American author and journalist, founded National Review a prominent conservative political magazine, in 1955, and the television show Firing Line in 1966. Childhood Buckley was born in New York City to in Sharon.

1.1 Sharon in 1919

The following is a description of Sharon and its surroundings from a 1919Events January January 1 Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company January 5 Spartacist uprising Socialist demonstrations in Berlin turn into attempted communist revolution with Spartacist League in the forefront January 9 Spartacus guide book to New EnglandThis article is about the region in the United States of America. For other uses, see New England (disambiguation . The New England region of the United States is located in the northeastern corner of the country. Boston is its business and cultural cente travel [1]:

This is a village of rural loveliness which attracts many summer boarders. The Street, 200 feet [actually 12 rodsA pole (more commonly called a perch or a rod is a unit of length, equal to 5. 5 yards or 16. 0292 metres in SI units). The length is equal to the standardized length of the ox-goad used by medieval English ploughmen; fields were measured in in acres whic wide and two miles long, is bordered by grand old elmElms are deciduous trees of the genus Ulmus family Ulmaceae. They have alternate, simple, single- or doubly-serrate leaves, usually with asymmetric bases, often rough with fine bristles. The fruit is a round samara . There are between 20 to 45 species ofs forming a natural arbor. The Soldiers' Monument with a stone cannon, and a stone clock tower are the modern features of the village. The Governor John Cotton Smith House, a fine specimen of Georgian architectureGeorgian architecture is the name given in English-speaking countries to the classic architectural styles current between about 1720 and 1840, named after the four British monarchs named George. The Georgian styles succeeded the English Baroque of Sir Chr, is still perfectly preserved. The fine old George King brick house (1800) is at the head of the street. The C. C. Tiffany house (1757) is perhaps the oldest in the town. The old Pardee brick house (1782) stands by the Stone Bridge. The Prindle house is a spacious gambrel roof dwelling on Gay St. near the charming lakelet which furnishes a natural reservoir for the village water supply. The picturesque old Gay House has the builder's initials "M. G. 1765" on a stone in the gableA pediment is a classical architectural element consisting of a triangular section or gable found above the horizontal superstructure ( entablature) which lies immediately upon the columns. It is found in classical architecture such as the Greek temple, t.

In the early days Sharon was a place of busy and varied industries. Iron was manufactured here as early as 1743, and continued an important industry up to fifty years ago. During the Civil War munitions were made here, and it was then in the shops of the Hotchkiss Company in this village that the Hotchkiss explosive shell for rifled guns was invented, which led to the expansion of the company and its removal to Bridgeport.

To the north of the village is Mudge Pond , or Crystal Lake, and beyond, Indian Mountain (1200 ft). At the western foot of the mountain, on the [New York] State line, lies Indian Pond, now called Wequagnock Lake . On the edge of this lake was an Indian village where the Moravians early established a mission that did great work among the Indians. To the Moravians it was known as " Gnadensee," the Lake of Grace.

From Sharon the route runs northward past Lake Wononpakook and Lake Wononskopomuc , the latter an Indian word meaning "sparkling water." Between the lakes, as the road forks right, is situated the widely known Hotchkiss School, for boys, an important feeder to Yale. On the right, half a mile from Lakeville , is the residence of Hon. Wm. Travers Jerome, formerly District Attorney of New York City.