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Medina County, Texas

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
9historic places
—earliest paper
1848formed
50,748pop. 2020
26cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 9 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near Castroville, Devine, D'Hanis.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Texas is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Medina titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

6 of 9 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

9 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Castroville Historic DistrictCastrovilleDistrict1970
D'Hanis Historic DistrictD'HanisDistrict1976
Dan's Meat Market and SaloonCastrovilleBuilding2024
Devine Opera HouseDevineBuilding1975
Landmark Inn ComplexCastrovilleBuilding1972
Medina DamCastrovilleStructure1976
Rainbow TheaterCastrovilleBuilding2024
Saathoff HouseQuihiBuilding1982
de Montel, Charles, HouseCastrovilleBuilding1980

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Medina was formed in 1848 (1848-02-12) from Bexar.

MEDINA created from BEXAR.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Medina County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

51k26k9091850188019201940196020002020
18501860188019001920194019501960198020002020
9091,8384,4927,78311,67916,10617,01318,90423,16439,30450,748

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

26 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 26 of 26 listed
NameLatLon
Britsch Cemetery29.40412-99.11837
Butts Cemetery29.21079-99.23143
Castroville Community Cemetery29.35123-98.88799
Cortez Cemetery29.33385-99.29254
Cottonwood Cemetery29.37357-99.13587
Decker Cemetery29.40607-99.10559
Evergreen Cemetery29.15441-98.89836
Griffin Cemetery29.11416-98.81855
Holy Cross Cemetery29.32107-99.26282
Ingleside Cemetery29.35412-99.13365
Miller Cemetery29.55134-99.40171
Moore Cemetery29.11885-98.87531
Mussman Cemetery29.24047-99.0778
Oakwood Cemetery29.36023-99.1317
Quihi Cemetery29.38301-99.03031
Roberson Cemetery29.16691-98.99586
Rothe Cemetery29.37107-99.28226
Saint Dominic Cemetery29.32746-99.25893
Saint Johns Cemetery29.38523-99.07642
Saint Josephs Cemetery29.15441-98.89947
Saint Louis Cemetery29.34912-98.88558
Styles Cemetery29.15024-99.18004
Tehuacana Cemetery29.08885-99.12031
Tomerlin Cemetery29.11302-99.00892
Yancey Cemetery29.15274-99.13615
Zion Cemetery29.35052-98.88733

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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