| Official Name: | Sardis, Georgia |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Burke |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Roger Lane |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 4.05 |
| Area Land Km2: | 4.01 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.04 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.56 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.55 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 995 |
| Population Density Km2: | 248.13 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 642.76 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 32.9744°N -81.7586°W |
| Elevation M: | 73 |
| Elevation Ft: | 240 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 30456 |
| Area Code: | 478 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 13-68740[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0322525[3] |
Sardis is a city in Burke County, Georgia, United States. The population is 995 in 2020. It is part of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area in the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA).
Around the turn of the 20th century, a small crossroads community called Frog Wallow was developing in southeast Burke County. With the construction of the Savannah & Atlanta Railway, the tiny town lay on the new railroad connecting the two large hubs. In 1912, the town was incorporated as Sardis by the Georgia Legislature, named after the Baptist church that had flourished in the town over the past decades.[4] [5] The church's name, in turn, is a transfer from Sardis, an ancient city in present-day Turkey.[6]
Sardis saw several decades of growth including a booming lumber industry. Then, in 1962, the owner of the railroad (Central of Georgia) abandoned the section of tracks between Waynesboro and Sylvania, which negatively affected the local economy. The tracks were subsequently removed in 1964.[7] Sardis still retains its old train station and coal tower.
Sardis is located in southeastern Burke County at (32.974510, -81.758504).[8] It is southeast of Waynesboro, the Burke County seat.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4km2, of which 0.04sqkm, or 0.95%, is water.
| White (non-Hispanic) | 469 | 47.14% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 436 | 43.82% | |
| Native American | 3 | 0.3% | |
| Asian | 1 | 0.1% | |
| Other/Mixed | 74 | 7.44% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 1.21% |