Sardis is a census-designated place (CDP) in southeastern Lee Township, Monroe County, Ohio, United States. It is unincorporated, but has a post office with the ZIP code of 43946.[3] As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 559.[4]

Sardis, Ohio
Census-designated place
Methodist church, Monroe and Fifth
Location of Sardis, Ohio
Coordinates: 39°37′32″N 80°54′44″W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Monroe
Area [1]
• Total	1.26 sq mi (3.27 km2)
• Land	1.26 sq mi (3.27 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation [2]	668 ft (204 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	522
• Density	413.96/sq mi (159.86/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	43946
FIPS code	39-70548

Sardis is at the intersection of Ohio State Routes 7 and 255, lying between Duffy and Fly.

Among the early settlers in this area was Major Earl Sproat, one of the 48 members of the Ohio Company. The Ohio Company founded Marietta, the first permanent settlement in the Northwest Territory in 1788. The village of Sardis was laid out by James Patton in 1843.^{[citation needed]}

Students from Sardis attend River Elementary and River High School in nearby Hannibal, and are served by the Switzerland of Ohio Local School District. This school is shared with other nearby riverfront communities including: Antioch, Duffy, Fly, Hannibal, Laings, Powhatan Point (of neighboring Belmont County), and Clarington.^{[citation needed]}

Geography

Sardis is located at 39°37′22″N 80°54′44″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.2 km²), all of it land.[5]

Demographics

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