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 _________________...