[1] The Sharon Methodist Church was incorporated in 1865 in the town of Burgess, which was a crossroads along the Camanche to Anamosa territorial road in northwest Clinton County.

[3] In 1871 the Sabula, Ackley and Dakota Railroad announced plans to pass through Sharon Township.

A station was built at Lost Nation and many of the village's business, including the general store, moved there to be near the railroad.

The Good Templar Sharon Valley Lodge, a benevolent and charitable organization that promoted temperance, remained active at Smithtown until 1900.

The cemetery association presented the property to the Clinton County Conservation Board for use as a historical site on August 2, 1970.