Medaryville is a town in White Post Township

White Post Township, Pulaski County, Indiana

White Post Township is one of twelve townships in Pulaski County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,069.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, White Post Township covers an area of .-Adjacent townships:...

, Pulaski County

Pulaski County, Indiana

As of the census of 2000, there were 13,755 people, 5,170 households, and 3,779 families residing in the county. The population density was 32 people per square mile . There were 5,918 housing units at an average density of 14 per square mile...

, Indiana

Indiana

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, United States

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. The population was 565 at the 2000 census.
Medaryville is located at 41°4′49"N 86°53′19"W (41.080313, -86.888585).

The Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area

Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area

Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area is a nature preserve and recreation and hunting area near the town of Medaryville in northwestern Indiana. It occupies approximately in northwestern Pulaski County, northeastern Jasper County and southwestern Starke County, and is administered by the Division...

 is northwest of town. This nature preserve is a stopover point for migrating Sandhill crane

Sandhill Crane

The Sandhill Crane is a large crane of North America and extreme northeastern Siberia. The common name of this bird references habitat like that at the Platte River, on the edge of Nebraska's Sandhills in the American Midwest...

s, and attracts many visitors each fall. Each October the Medaryville Lions Club sponsors a bike ride, known as the Crane Cruise, that runs through the heart of the migration territory.

According to the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

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, the town has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²), all of it land.
As of the census

Census

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of 2000, there were 565 people, 225 households, and 152 families residing in the town.