[1] Named after the Sharbot family, who were local residents, it appeared in Lovell's Gazetteer in 1874.

[3] It is part of the Land O'Lakes Tourist Region and is located on the eponymous Sharbot Lake.

The local post office services the village with lock boxes, and rural routes (RR2 Sharbot Lake, RR1 Clarendon Station and RR1 Ompah).

It was once an important stop on the Kingston and Pembroke Railway, the rail bed of which has become the multi-use K&P Rail Trail and part of the Trans Canada Trail.

Sharbot Lake hosts: Olympic gold medalist Simon Whitfield got his start in the triathlon by participating in Sharbot Lake's annual "Kids Of Steel" event for youth.