 Sharon Township was organized in 1858, and named for the Sharon plain, in present-day Israel.According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.9 square miles (92.9 km²), of which 35.8 square miles (92.6 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.4 km²) of it (0.39%) is water.As of the census of 2000, there were 658 people, 231 households, and 195 families residing in the township.