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Medina County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Medina River
- Seat
- Hondo
- Largest city
- Hondo
- Total
- 1,335 sq mi (3,460 km )
- Land
- 1,325 sq mi (3,430 km )
- Water
- 9.2 sq mi (24 km ) 0.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 56,881
- Density
- 38.30/sq mi (14.79/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 23rd
- Website
- www .medinatx .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Medina County is a county located in the South central part of the U.S. state Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 50,748. Its county seat is Hondo. The county is named for the Medina River. The extreme northern part of the county lies within the Edwards Plateau, which elevates into the Texas Hill Country. 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 who worked in shifts operating 24 hours a day to complete the dam in two years. Medina County is part of the San Antonio, TX metropolitan statistical area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Medina County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.