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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Medina County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 46,006. Its seat is Hondo. The county is named for the Medina River.
The Medina Dam, the fourth largest in the nation when completed in 1913, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The irrigation project, creating Medina Lake, was built by 1500 skilled workers, mostly Mexican, who worked in shifts operating 24 hours a day to complete the dam in two years.
Medina County is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1848 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1848 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1848 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1848 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1849 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1850 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1903 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1850 | 909
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| 1860 | 1,838
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| 1870 | 2,078
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| 1880 | 4,492
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| 1890 | 5,730
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| 1900 | 7,783
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| 1910 | 13,415
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| 1920 | 11,679
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| 1930 | 13,989
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| 1940 | 16,106
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| 1950 | 17,013
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| 1960 | 18,904
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| 1970 | 20,249
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| 1980 | 23,164
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| 1990 | 27,312
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