Welcome to Medina ...

The city of Medina is located in Medina County<1> and is the County Seat for Medina County.

The location of Medina has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

The pronunciation of Medina: meh-DEYE-nuh<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Medina, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1819.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Medina has a population of 25,987 people<4> (see below for details).

Medina is 1,040 feet [317 m] above sea level.<5>.

Time Zone: Medina lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Telephone area codes for Medina: (330) and (234)<6>

Websites for Medina ...

Official Website:   www.medinaoh.org/

Chamber of Commerce:   www.medinaohchamber.com/

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Medina had an population of 25,987 people. This is a decrease of 2.59% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 3.37% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Medina had a population of 26,678 people (which is 15.48% of the total population of Medina County). This makes Medina the county's 2nd most populous community.

The population of Medina represents 0.23% of the population of Ohio (which has 11,536,504 people), making it the state's 53rd most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 26,678 people, the population of Medina increased 6.12% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 25,139 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Medina.

Communities Also Named Medina ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Medina - they are located in Arkansas, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota (2), New York, North Dakota, Ontario, Tennessee, Texas (3), Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Medina.

Communities near Medina ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Medina.

• Akron
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
  • Akron is located in Summit County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 195,994 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Akron <7>
• Parma
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
  • Parma is located in Cuyahoga County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,558 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parma <7>
• Cuyahoga Falls
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cuyahoga Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuyahoga Falls
  • Cuyahoga Falls is located in Summit County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,005 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuyahoga Falls <7>
• Strongsville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongsville
  • Strongsville is located in Cuyahoga County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,481 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Strongsville <7>
• North Ridgeville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Ridgeville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ridgeville
  • North Ridgeville is located in Lorain County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,104 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Ridgeville <7>
• Brunswick
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brunswick have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
  • Brunswick is located in Medina County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,052 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brunswick <7>
• North Olmsted
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Olmsted have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Olmsted
  • North Olmsted is located in Cuyahoga County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,173 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Olmsted <7>
• North Royalton
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Royalton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Royalton
  • North Royalton is located in Cuyahoga County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,952 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Royalton <7>
• Barberton
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barberton
  • Barberton is located in Summit County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,815 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barberton <7>
• Wadsworth
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wadsworth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadsworth
  • Wadsworth is located in Medina County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,374 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wadsworth <7>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Medina. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Medina.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Medina. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Medina.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Medina. Our list includes 27 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Medina.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Medina ...

Looking for more information about Medina? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Medina, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Medina.

Adding Medina to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Medina in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Medina was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

From that list, the Medina post office opened in 1819.

We also found Medina in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Medina.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Medina: www.medinaoh.org/

The official website for Medina County: www.co.medina.oh.us/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/