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History · Logan Township

Half of Logan Township’s homes were built after 1985

Most of Logan Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Below: maps from 1891 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Logan Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Logan Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18913 editions of the USGS map, 1891 to 1985. Watch Logan Township change.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Logan Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Logan Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Logan Township on the map, 1891 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Logan Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Logan Township on the 1891 USGS mapLogan Township on the 1969 USGS mapLogan Township on the 1985 USGS map1891Great Bend sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Logan Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Ray
1878–1929
Point View
1879–1912
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Ray
Gone or out of use
Dunes North Oil FieldoilfieldPoint Viewlocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Logan Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Logan Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Logan Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Logan Township is a township in Pawnee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 45.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 49 to 45 (-8%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Logan Township, 1878 to 1929

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1878Post officeThe Ray post office opens
  3. 1879Post officeThe Point View post office opens
  4. 1891On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 20th century
  6. 1912Post officeThe Point View post office closes
  7. 1929Post officeThe Ray post office closes
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Logan Township

Nobody well known was born in Logan Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Dale BurnettAmerican football player · b. 1909
Gene KeadyAmerican basketball coach · b. 1936
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Mitch WebsterAmerican baseball player · b. 1959
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Belle BenchleyAmerican zoo director · b. 1882
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Mark JenningsMember of the Wyoming House of Representatives · b. 1961
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Mildred Bertha Thurow TateAmerican rural sociologist and university dean · b. 1904
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

River TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPleasant Grove TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDouglas TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townValley Center TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Where this page comes from

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.