Sharpsburg, Maryland

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municipality town

Sharpsburg, Maryland is a small historic town in Washington County best known as the site of the Civil War Battle of Antietam.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
adjacentTo Antietam Creek ⓘ
alsoKnownFor name of the Battle of Antietam in Confederate usage (Battle of Sharpsburg) ⓘ
battleOccurredAt Battle of Antietam ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Washington County, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
elevation approximately 400 feet above sea level ⓘ
feature historic architecture ⓘ
rural surroundings ⓘ
small-town character ⓘ
foundedIn 18th century ⓘ
governedBy town government of Sharpsburg ⓘ
hasAreaCode 240 ⓘ
301 ⓘ
hasCemetery Antietam National Cemetery ⓘ
hasEvent annual commemorations of the Battle of Antietam ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Sharpsburg Historic District ⓘ
hasHistoricSite Antietam National Cemetery ⓘ
Burnside Bridge ⓘ
Dunker Church ⓘ
hasLandmark Burnside Bridge ⓘ
Dunker Church ⓘ
Sharpsburg Historic District ⓘ
surface form: Sharpsburg town square
hasNearbyProtectedArea Antietam National Battlefield ⓘ
hasPostalCode 21782 ⓘ
historicalSignificance site of major American Civil War battle ⓘ
knownFor American Civil War history ⓘ
Battle of Antietam ⓘ
locatedIn Maryland ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Washington County, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion Appalachian region of Maryland ⓘ
Western Maryland ⓘ
surface form: western Maryland
locatedNear Hagerstown, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Potomac River ⓘ
Shepherdstown, West Virginia ⓘ
locatedOn Potomac River ⓘ
near Antietam National Battlefield ⓘ
Boonsboro, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Keedysville, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Hagerstown–Martinsburg, MD–WV Metropolitan Statistical Area ⓘ
surface form: Hagerstown metropolitan area

United States Civil War heritage tourism network ⓘ
populationCharacteristic small population ⓘ
primaryAccessRoad Maryland Route 34 ⓘ
Maryland Route 65 ⓘ
state Maryland ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

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Washington County, Maryland → hasHistoricSite → Sharpsburg, Maryland ⓘ
Antietam National Battlefield → locatedIn → Sharpsburg, Maryland ⓘ
Battle of Antietam → location → Sharpsburg, Maryland ⓘ
Antietam Creek, Maryland → near → Sharpsburg, Maryland ⓘ
subject surface form: Antietam Creek
Shepherdstown, West Virginia → near → Sharpsburg, Maryland ⓘ
Burnside Bridge → nearestCity → Sharpsburg, Maryland ⓘ