Village of Medina -1832
The Village of Medina is located in the Towns of Ridgeway & Shelby and was incorporated on March 3, 1832. After it was decided in 1823 that the Erie Canal would come through Medina, Mr. Ebenezer Mix surveyed and laid out the village and named it Medina.
Village Clerk
E. Margaret Slack
600 Main StreetMedina, New York 14103
Phone: 585-798-0710
Hours: Mon - Fri 8:30 - 5 pm
Vital Statistics records start in 1885
Village Historian
Todd Bensley
508 Pine StreetMedina, New York 14103
Phone: 585-798-2130
email: teachus@rochester.rr.com
Medina Historical Society
406 West Avenue
Medina, New York 14103
Phone: 585-798-3006
Lee-Whedon Memorial Library
620 West AvenueMedina, New York 14103
Phone: 585-798-3430
FAX: 585-798-4398
Hours: Mon - Thur 10 - 8 pm, Fri & Sat 10 - 5 pmp>
Available on microfilm 
Orleans County census records 1855, 1860, 1865, 1875 & 1892, 1930Medina Tribune Newspaper 1861 - 1945
Medina Register Newspaper 1887 - 1935
Medina Daily Journal 1887 - 1935
Medina Journal 1979 - current
Church records from 9 churches
Available in books 
Orleans County census; 1850, 1855, 1865, 1875, 1892, 1900 & 1915 transcribed & indexedMt. Albion Cemetery records
Towns of Carlton, Gaines & Ridgeway cemetery records
Orleans County & Medina Directories
Landmarks of Orleans County
Pioneer History of Orleans County
Medina High School
11235 Maple Ridge RoadMedina, New York 14103
Phone # (585) 798-2710