Sharkey is a small unincorporated community located at the intersection of Kentucky Routes 158 and 801 in Rowan County, Kentucky, United States.

[2] The local explanation for the name is derived from a cock fight.

The township was on the verge of establishing a post office, which required a town name.

Much of the community's expansion has come from the opening of an interstate off ramp, the "Farmers-Sharkey Exit," on 801.

[4] This Rowan County, Kentucky state location article is a stub.