Sharpsburg is a town in Edgecombe, Nash, and Wilson counties, North Carolina, United States.

It is part of the Rocky Mount, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Sharpsburg has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2), all land.

[4] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,697 people, 916 households, and 581 families residing in the town.

22.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.