Sharon (Massachusetts) Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
About Sharon (Massachusetts)
It was incorporated as the Town of Stoughtonham in 1775, and was named Sharon in 1783, after Israel's Sharon plain, due to its dense forestation. During the American Revolution, the townspeople of Sharon made cannonballs and cannons for the Continental Army at a local foundry. In front of the Sharon Public Library stands a statue of Deborah Sampson, Sharon's town heroine. Sampson disguised herself as a man to fight in the Revolutionary War. After the war, she married Benjamin Gannett, a farmer and lived in Sharon until the end of her life. Sampson began a campaign in 1790 to secure a pension from her time in the Revolutionary War, which earned the support of well-known public figures, including Paul Revere. In 1804, Revere visited Sampson (then Sampson Gannett) at her farm in Sharon and wr
Top Attractions in Sharon (Massachusetts)
Explore the best things to see and do in Sharon (Massachusetts):
- ★Borderland State Park
- ★Cobb's Tavern
- ★Home of Deborah Sampson
- ★Sharon's First Historic District
- ★Statue of Deborah Sampson
- ★Stoneholm
- ★Stoughtonham Furnace Site
- ★Third Historic District
Where to Eat in Sharon (Massachusetts)
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Alice’s Mandarin Taste
- 🍴Coriander Bistro
- 🍴Crescent Ridge Dairy (Cridge)
- 🍴French Memories
- 🍴Pizzagando
- 🍴Pizza Market
Where to Stay in Sharon (Massachusetts)
- 🏨Best Western Plus The Inn at Sharon/Foxboro
- 🏨Econo Lodge
Sharon (Massachusetts) Travel Guide Sections
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