Official Name: | Medina Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Image Map1: | Map of USA IN.svg |
Map Caption1: | Location of Indiana in the United States |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Warren |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 27.07 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 26.84 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.23 |
Area Water Percent: | 0.85 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 510 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 212 |
Elevation Ft: | 696 |
Coordinates: | 40.4367°N -87.1408°W |
Area Code: | 765 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 453617 |
Medina Township is one of twelve townships in Warren County, Indiana, United States. According to the 2020 census, its population was 510 and it contained 200 housing units.[2]
Medina Township was one of the original four created when the county was organized in 1827.[3]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.15%) is land and (or 0.85%) is water.[4] It contains one town, Green Hill, which is in the southeast part of the township. The stream of Armstrong Creek runs through this township.
The township contains Armstrong Chapel Cemetery, Davis Cemetery, and Pond Grove Cemetery.
Indiana State Road 26 runs across the north part of the township from west to east, connecting Pine Village (in neighboring Adams Township to the west) with Lafayette to the east.[5]
Medina Township is part of the Benton Community School Corporation
Medina Township has a trustee who administers rural fire protection and ambulance service, provides relief to the poor, manages cemetery care, and performs farm assessment, among other duties. The trustee is assisted in these duties by a three-member township board. The trustees and board members are elected to four-year terms.[6]
Medina Township is part of Indiana's 8th congressional district, Indiana House of Representatives District 26,[7] and Indiana State Senate District 38.[8]