Sardis (Ellis County, Texas)
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Location in Texas
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Texas | ||
| County : | Ellis County | ||
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 26 ′ N , 96 ° 54 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 60 (as of 2010) | ||
| Height : | 177 m | ||
| Postal code : | 76065 | ||
| Area code : | +1 972 | ||
Sardis is a village and an unorganized community in Ellis County , Texas in the United States . The population of the settlement is not officially recorded, in 2010 almost 60 people lived there. Postally, Sardis belongs to the city of Midlothian .
location
Sardis is located immediately northwest of Waxahachie on US Route 287 , the Frontage Route of which begins and ends there. Surrounding towns and cities are Ovilla and Oak Leaf in the north, Waxahachie in the southeast, Boz-Bethel in the south, Maypearl in the southwest, Mountain Peak in the west and Midlothian in the northwest. Sardis is located on the Waxahachie Creek River .
history
The first settler in the Sardis area was Allen Roe, who came to the region in 1855. In November 1886, the place was given a post office and named Hurley Station , two years later the settlement was renamed Saralvo . In 1891 there were several shops in Saralvo, including an Egrenier machine and a forge, and three churches. Towards the end of the 19th century, the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway reached the site. In 1904 the Saralvo had 152 inhabitants. In 1907 the post office in Saralvo was closed and the place was renamed Sardis. Since the 1930s there has been a sharp decline in population in Sardis, between 1933 and 1947 the population fell from 150 to only about 30. In 1970 Sardis had a grocery store, a gas station and the Methodist Church. In the year 2000 Sardis only had about 20 inhabitants, within the next ten years the number of inhabitants tripled to 60. In recent years a new housing estate has been built in Sardis south of Waxahachie Creek.
Individual evidence
- ^ Sardis / Hurley Station / Saralvo. In: txfwgs.org , accessed April 24, 2020.
- ^ History of Sardis. Texas State Historical Association, accessed April 24, 2020.