Sharpesburg Township, Iredell County, North Carolina Explained

Official Name:	Sharpesburg Township
Settlement Type:	Township
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name:	United States
Subdivision Name1:	North Carolina
Subdivision Name2:	Iredell
Government Type:	non-functioning administrative subdivision
Established Title:	Established
Established Date:	1868
Mapsize:	250x200px
Unit Pref:	Imperial
Area Total Sq Mi:	34.75
Area Land Sq Mi:	34.55
Area Water Sq Mi:	0.2
Population As Of:	2018
Population Total:	2825
Population Density Sq Mi:	82
Postal Code Type:	zip
Postal Code:	28678, 28636, 28625, 28660
Blank Name:	FIPS code
Blank1 Name:	GNIS feature ID

Sharpesburg Township is a non-functioning administrative division of Iredell County, North Carolina, United States. By the requirements of the North Carolina Constitution of 1868, the counties were divided into townships, which included Sharpesburg township as one of sixteen townships in Iredell county.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Geography

Sharpesburg Township is located in the northeastern section of Iredell County. It is bordered by New Hope Township to the north, Concord Township and the Yadkin River to the south, Olin Township to the east, and Alexander County to the west. The following streams flow through Sharpesburg Township: Snow Creek, Buck Branch, Little Rocky Creek, Patterson Creek, Tuckers Creek, and the Yadkin River.^{[2] [5]}

History

Sharpesburg Township was named for William Sharpe (17421818), who lived in the area. Historic sites within Sharpesburg Township include the Damascus Baptist Church, built in 1855 and the Snow Creek Methodist Church and Burying Ground, built in 18841885.^[2]

Another notable resident of Sharpesburg Township was William Franklin Wasson (18581874), who was the Sheriff of Iredell County when Tom Dula was arrested and tried. Wasson was buried at the Snow Creek Methodist Church Burying Ground.^[6]

According to a 1917 map of Sharpesburg Township, the township included the following:^[7]

• Damascus Church, pre-Civil War^[2]
• Mountain View Church
• Pisguay Church, pre-Civil War^[2]
• Pleasant Grove Church
• Rock Hill Church
• Snow Creek United Methodist Church, pre-Civil War^[2]
• Central School House
• Colored School House
• Rickert School House
• Rocky Branch School House
• Sunny Side School House
• Guy Mill
• Clio Store

References

35.9267°N -80.9642°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: North Carolina Constitution of 1868. February 26, 2019.
2. Keever, Homer M.; Iredell Piedmont County, with illustrations by Louise Gilbert and maps by Mildred Jenkins Miller, published for the Iredell County Bicentennial Commission by Brady Printing Company from type set by the Statesville Record and Landmark, copyright, November 1976, by Homer M. Keever
3. The Heritage of Iredell County, 1980, published by the Genealogical Society of Iredell County, PO Box 946, Statesville, North Carolina 28677,, 642 pages with index
4. The Heritage of Iredell County, NC Vol II, 2000, published by the Genealogical Society of Iredell County, PO Box 946, Statesville, North Carolina 29866, LC # 00-110956, 574 pages with index
5. Google Maps
6. Web site: History of the Iredell County Sheriffs. July 18, 2019.
7. Map of Iredell County, by N.E. Kinney C.E., published in Lexington N.C. 1917. George F. Cram Company, Chicago.