The story
Read it all →How Medina Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Medina Township.
Medina Township was one of the original four created when the county was organized in 1827.
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History · Medina Township
Half of Medina Township’s homes were built after 2001
Most of Medina Township was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2001. Below: maps from 1961 on and the census since 1890.
0on the National Register
4%homes built before 1940
What stands out about Medina Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Medina Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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Medina Township, 1877 to 1961
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1877Post officeThe Greenhill post office opens
- 20th century
- 1904Post officeThe Greenhill post office closes
- 1961
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade
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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Medina Township on the map, 1961 to 1984
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Medina Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1961Chatterton sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Medina Township.
People over time
Medina Township, census by census
Between 371 and 700 people in every census since 1890.
14 censuses, 1890–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Medina Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Medina Township
Nobody well known was born in Medina Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Amanda ElmoreAmerican rower · b. 1991
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Another post office, Greenhill, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Green Hill
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Medina Township
DavisPond Grove
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Medina Township’s history
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.