The circle at Sharon Center
Sharon Township’s center is a traffic circle. Sharon Center sits where state routes 94 and 162 meet, and the intersection is a large circle with a park in the middle holding a gazebo and memorials to veterans of several wars. The township still holds events on it, including Halloween on Sharon Center Circle.
The roads from the circle explain where Sharon buyers come from. Route 162 runs about 12 miles east to Akron and about 7 miles west to the southern edge of Medina. Route 94 runs about 10 miles north to Hinckley and 5 miles south to Wadsworth.
Sharon Center was settled in 1816. Its post office opened in 1833 as “Sharon Centre” and switched to the American spelling in 1893. The area drains east through Wolf Creek, a tributary of the Tuscarawas River, part of the Muskingum River watershed.
Two kinds of Sharon homes
Sharon is really two housing markets, and the Census numbers show it:
| Sharon Township (whole) | Sharon Center CDP | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | about 6,027 | about 1,129 |
| Median year built | 1991 | 1969 |
| Built 1939 or earlier | about 8% | about 18% |
| Median home value (owner estimate) | about $479,300 | about $357,100 |
Out on the township roads, most homes are larger and newer, with about 89% single-family detached and about 92% owner-occupied. Around the Sharon Center crossroads, the houses are older: half were built before about 1969, and nearly one in five before 1940.
At the township’s median value, the open market usually wins for a house in good shape. The older Sharon Center homes and rural houses with deferred maintenance are where a direct sale can make more sense, since the repair list on a 50- or 60-year-old house with a well and septic can run long.
Township services and rules
Sharon has no city government of its own, except for a small part of Wadsworth that extends into the south of the township. For everything else:
- Zoning is handled by the township zoning department, with a zoning commission and a board of zoning appeals for variances and conditional uses. Additions, decks and outbuildings need permits. See selling a house with open permits.
- Police come from the Medina County Sheriff’s Office, and fire from the Sharon Township Fire Department.
- Mail goes through either the Wadsworth or the Medina post office, which is why many Sharon homes have a city name on their address.
The township’s parks include Sharon Community Park, Greenleaf Park, the Sharon Nature Preserve, and the Oenslager Nature Center on Ridge Road, formerly the Wolf Creek Environmental Center, on land donated by Ruth and George Oenslager and run with the Medina County Park District.
Wells, septic and older systems
Outside the center, a Sharon home may well be on a private well and septic system. The Medina County Health Department doesn’t require a septic inspection to sell, but buyers’ lenders often require one, and where public sewer is accessible, a house must be connected and the septic abandoned under permit. If yours has failed or is undersized, see selling a house with septic problems.
Selling a Sharon Township house your way
If your house is updated and you have time, list it, and talk to an agent who knows eastern Medina County. If it’s an estate, needs a roof, septic or mechanical work, or you need to close by a set date, we’ll walk it with you and put a written offer on the table. There’s no commission and no fees, and we pay normal closing costs. County-level rules, including the probate court and the conveyance fee, are on our Medina County page. You can request your offer here.