New Sharon
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Outdoors in New Sharon
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c. 1870
Bridge and Orthodox Church, New Sharon, Me, c. 1870
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About New Sharon
Town in Maine, United StatesNew Sharon is a town in Franklin County, Maine, United States, incorporated in 1794. The population was 1,458 at the 2020 census. The town is roughly bisected by the Sandy River, a tributary of the Kennebec River.
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Housing in New Sharon
The typical New Sharon home is worth about $267,000, up 8.2% in a year, 36% below the Maine typical home.
Health in New Sharon
Health Grade C
Healthier than 28% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with Maine
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 24 are too close to call.
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Schools in New Sharon
All New Sharon schools →School Grade C+
The public schools New Sharon’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 65% of Maine’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within ME. Ratings are from neighbors.
Famous people from New Sharon
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Where New Sharon is
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