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History · Sardis

Sardis’ post office opened in 1844, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Sardis began

When was Sardis founded?

1844

The Sardis post office opened in 1844, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 522182 years
Founding year: the first Sardis post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Sardis’ past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Sardis are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1844: 182 years of Sardis.
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How Sardis came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Sardis.

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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.

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Sardis, decade by decade

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Living Water Baptist Church2024Living Water Baptist Church
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History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Lee TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Sardis’ history

What year was Sardis founded?

The Sardis post office opened in 1844, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikipedia and Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.