Sharon is a suburb of Boston with a population of approximately 18,400 based on the 2019 census, located in Norfolk County, and offers residents a sparse suburban feel conveniently located 22 miles south of Boston, and almost midway between Boston and Providence, has access to Boston and Providence via MBTA commuter trains stopping at the Sharon station, and to New York City and Washington, D.C., via Amtrak trains at nearby Route 128 station.
Sharon is a busy commuter town filled with restaurants, coffee shops, and filled with beauty and peacefulness in the 2,250-acre Massachusetts Audubon Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary. It also hosts 60% of Borderland State Park comprising 1,260 acres within its borders, as well as the Warner, Massapoag Brook, and King Philip’s Rock nature trails. Lake Massapoag is one of the town’s most prominent features and a popular recreational site for swimming and boating, concerts, fireworks, and fishing.
During the American Revolution, the townspeople–mostly farmers and craftsmen–made cannonballs for the Continental Army. Among the old homes surviving since those times are the houses of the patriots’ Job Swift and Deborah Sampson Gannett.
The Sharon School Department oversees a high school, a middle school, a regional vocational school, and three elementary schools, all of which are committed to excellence in educating students. Sharon High School sends 96% of its graduating seniors to institutions of higher learning and is consistently highly ranked in the US News and World Report and Boston Magazine.
