Ohio · Census place 3912084

Cardington, Ohio

Cardington is a village in Morrow County, Ohio with an estimated 2,203 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 381st largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,203
#381 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
+5.9%
+122 people
Land area
2.0 sq mi
Density
1,096 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Cardington. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Cardington population, 2020 to 2024

Cardington added 122 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.9%. In the latest year it moved by +102.

2,08120202,08320212,08620222,10120232,2032024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,079. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Cardington covers 2.01 square miles of land, for 1,096 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Cardington is less dense than the typical town.

What county Cardington is in

All of Cardington's residents live in Morrow County, which had 35,927 residents in 2024. Cardington holds 6.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Cardington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cardington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 43315. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Cardington is

The Census internal point of Cardington is at 40.498000, -82.893600. Columbus, the capital, is 37.5 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mount Gilead, OH (3,543 people), 5.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 35.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.498000, -82.893600
DMS
40°29'52.80"N 82°53'36.96"W
UTM
17N 339538.6E 4484755.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GVF4X4+5H

Daylight in Cardington

At 40.50° N, Cardington gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Cardington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Mount Gilead, 5.2 miles away, with 3,543 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Cardington, OH?

2,203 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 122 (5.9%) from 2,081 in July 2020.

What county is Cardington in?

Morrow County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Cardington?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 43315.

How far is Cardington from Columbus?

37.5 miles (60.3 km) in a straight line, heading S from Cardington.

What is the nearest larger city to Cardington?

Mount Gilead, OH, with 3,543 residents, 5.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.