Sardis

History

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. 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.

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 Ohio River, which is the West Virginia state line. State Route 7 leads north (upriver) to Hannibal and southwest (downriver) to Matamoras. Woodsfield, the Monroe county seat, is to the northwest via state routes 255 and 26. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Sardis CDP has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  342
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  333
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  330
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  318
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  285
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  245
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  242
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  235

Most recent

• M 2.9 — 2025-05-09
  3 km S of Pleasant City, Ohio
• M 2.8 — 2025-04-29
  1 km SE of Pleasant City, Ohio
• M 3.1 — 2025-04-24
  3 km S of Pleasant City, Ohio
• M 3.1 — 2025-04-22
  3 km ESE of Buffalo, Ohio
• M 2.8 — 2025-02-03
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• M 2.5 — 2024-09-11
  4 km WNW of Claysville, Pennsylvania