Sharpes is a census-designated place (CDP) in Brevard County, Florida.

Sharpes may have been named after William H. Sharpe, part of the board of trustees formed to construct the City Point Community Church in Cocoa, FL in early 1885.

Henry Flagler extended his Florida East Coast Railroad south from Daytona, building a station at Titusville in 1892.

28.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The Florida Power and Light (FPL) "Cape Canaveral" plant is located here.

In 2010, FPL razed its two 45-year-old landmark towers, each 397 feet (121 m), each weighing 7,200 short tons (6,500 t).

In 2013, the jail re-introduced chain gangs as a deterrent on crime in a pilot project.

Ex-convict Larry Lawton was critical of this, saying a better use of law enforcement resources would be to combat drug addiction because he says it is a "contributing factor" to criminal activity.

[11][12] The Brevard Correctional Institution is located west of the county jail.