Medina County, Ohio

Founding: 1818 (declared in 1812)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Medina, Saudi Arabia
Seat: Medina (1818–)

Land area: 421 square miles

Population (2020): 182,470

Population (historic): 3,082 (1820); 24,441 (1850); 21,453 (1880); 21,958 (1900); 29,677 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1850; 1870–2020

Subdivisions: Three cities; six villages; one CDP; 18 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 7,341 (10.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 77.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 31.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,255
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,900

Number of farms (1920): 3,018
Average farm size (1920): 59 acres

Sources of settlement: New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Germany, and England
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Medina

Namesake: Medina, Saudi Arabia

Founding: 1818 (platting); 1819 (post office); 1835 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 26,094

Population (historic): 655 (1840); 1,159 (1870); 2,232 (1900); 4,071 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1830–1860; 1870–2010

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,122 (10.3%)

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