Sardis is an

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and

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(CDP) in southeastern Lee Township, Monroe County,

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, United States. It has a

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with the ZIP code of 43946. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 522. 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

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in 1788. The village of Sardis was laid out by James Patton in 1843. Students from Sardis attend River Elementary and River High School in nearby

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, and are served by the

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. This school is shared with other nearby riverfront communities, including

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, Duffy, Fly,

, Laings, Powhatan Point (of neighboring Belmont County), and

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Geography

Sardis is at the intersection of Ohio State Routes 7 and 255, lying between Duffy and Fly. The community is bordered to the south by the

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, which is the

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state line. State Route 7 leads north (upriver) to

and southwest (downriver) to Matamoras. Woodsfield, the Monroe

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, is to the northwest via state routes 255 and 26. According to the

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, the Sardis CDP has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

Notable people

* George W. Martin (1838–1921), member of the Missouri House of Representatives

References

Census-designated places in Monroe County, Ohio Ohio populated places on the Ohio River {{MonroeCountyOH-geo-stub