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Among the most historic 1% of U.S. towns · #19 of 593 in Indiana. What drives it
12 places in town are on the National Register, among them the Spencer Park Dentzel Carousel, a National Historic Landmark, and four historic districts with 1,155 buildings between them. Below: 6 old photos and papers, maps from 1885 on, and the census since 1850.
Logansport dates its founding to 1812 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1850.
Logansport was settled c. 1826 and named after a Shawnee warrior named James Logan, better known as "Captain Logan," who served as a scout for U.S. forces in the surrounding area during the War of 1812.
Among the most historic 1% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Logansport is among the most historic 1% of U.S. towns, #19 of 593 in Indiana. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its National Register listings ranks highest and its age lowest.
Indiana towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Indiana town has 7.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Logansport’s 655 sits above most of its state (96% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 1,165 historic buildings outnumber those of 99% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: Wikipedia (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. One is a National Historic Landmark, the highest tier.
★ Landmark
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.
1885Sheet 1 of 8Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
From Wikipedia’s history of Logansport.
Logansport was settled c. 1826 and named after a Shawnee warrior named James Logan, better known as "Captain Logan," who served as a scout for U.S. forces in the surrounding area during the War of 1812.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Logansport, cut from the printed page as they were published.
To the Board of County Commissioners of Cass Comity, Ind.: The undersigned three commissioners, appointed by an act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana to locate the seat of justice of Cass County, met at the house of Gillis McBean, in the town of Logansport, on Monday, the 10th day of August, 1829, and selected the town of Logansport as the seat of justice of Cass County, the court house to be on Court Square, as designated on the plat of said town. We have further received, of Chauncy Carter, the proprietor of said town, as a donation, a bond drawn in favor of the county commissioners of said county
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
In the archiveThe Great Forepaugh Show appearing in Logansport, Indiana, May 18, 1881
Born hereEdna Goodrich is born here
Born hereAnn Christy is born here
In the archiveScarborough's Road Map and Motor Guide of Indiana. - DPLA - 2f654dc0e2bd093f69cec4242740b…
In the archive"Klan program draws large crowd here" clipping, 1924-09-02
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey3 decades in the archive, from the 1880s to the 1920s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Logansport.
1985Logansport sheet · 1:100,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Logansport.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Logansport’s page.
Retake this view · +15Between 2,251 and 21,626 people in every census since 1850.
18 censuses, 1850–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Logansport’s Wikipedia page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
Logansport’s post office has been open since 1828.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Logansport’s history is told.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1812, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Logansport’s post office opened in 1828, and the census of 1850 counted 2,251 people here.
Logansport is among the most historic 1% of U.S. towns, #19 of 593 in Indiana. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
12 listings: 7 buildings, among them the Pollard-Nelson House (listed 1975, the first), 4 historic districts with 1,155 contributing buildings, and 1 structure. 1,165 historic buildings in all.
48% of Logansport’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.1 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1943.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (9), the Library of Congress (3), the National Register of Historic Places (12), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System, Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress) and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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