Welcome to Medina ...

The city of Medina is located on Puget Sound.

Medina is located in King County<1>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Medina, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1914.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Medina has a population of 3,287 people<3> (see below for details).

The community of Medina is near sea level<4>.

Time Zone: Medina lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The area code for Medina: (425)

The ZIP code for Medina: 98039<5>

Websites for Medina ...

Official Website: www.medina-wa.gov/

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Medina had an population of 3,287 people. This is an increase of 10.71% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 9.17% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Medina had a population of 2,969 people. This makes Medina the county's 34th most populous community.

The population of Medina represents 0.04% of the total population of Washington (which has 6,724,540 people), making it the state's 140th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 2,969 people, the population of Medina decreased 1.39% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 3,011 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, Ohio, Ontario, Tennessee, Texas (3), Virginia, 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.

• Seattle
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seattle
  • Seattle is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 769,714 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seattle <6>
• Kent
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
  • Kent is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 130,676 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kent <6>
• Renton
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renton
  • Renton is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 101,494 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Renton <6>
• Kirkland
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
  • Kirkland is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,431 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kirkland <6>
• Redmond
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redmond
  • Redmond is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 72,507 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redmond <6>
• Sammamish
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammamish
  • Sammamish is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 65,960 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sammamish <6>
• Shoreline
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreline
  • Shoreline is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,197 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shoreline <6>
• Burien
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burien
  • Burien is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 51,268 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burien <6>
• Bothell
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bothell
  • Bothell is located in King County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 47,524 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bothell <6>
• Edmonds
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
  • Edmonds is located in Snohomish County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,515 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edmonds <6>

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. 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Medina, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with 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.<7>

From that list, the Medina post office opened in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Medina.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Medina: www.medina-wa.gov/

The official website for King County: www.metrokc.gov/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/