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History · Logan Township

Logan Township’s post office opened in 1872, and 29% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1893 on and the census since 1880.

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How Logan Township began, and where its name came from

When was Logan Township founded?

1872

The Logan Township post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 275 in 18802020 census: 513154 years

How did Logan Township get its name?

Logan Township was named for Gen. John A. Logan.

Founding year: the first Logan Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓

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 18933 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1985. Watch Logan Township change.Boom and bustPeaked at 859 in 1950; 460 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Logan Township’s homes were built before 1963.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Logan Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Logan Township on the map, 1893 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 1893 USGS mapLogan Township on the 1978 USGS mapLogan Township on the 1985 USGS map1893Norton 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.

People over time

Logan Township, census by census

020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 859

Peaked at 859 in 1950; 460 people lived here in 2020.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Logan Township’s Wikipedia page.

The story

How Logan Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Logan Township.

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Logan was founded in 1870. It was named for Gen. John A. Logan. The first post office in Logan was established in March 1872.

Logan experienced growth when, circa 1880, the railroad was built through the town. It was removed in the mid 1990s.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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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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Places that used to be

Old burying grounds

3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Logan Township
Old LoganPleasant ViewSaint Peters Evangelical Lutheran

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Beaver TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSolomon-District 3 TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTowanda TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBelmont TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLoganIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Logan Township’s history

What year was Logan Township founded?

The Logan Township post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.