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History · Logan

Logan’s post office opened in 1872, and 26% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Logan began, and where its name came from

When was Logan founded?

1872

The Logan post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Deeversville (1872), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

2020 census: 460154 years

How did Logan get its name?

Logan was named for Gen. John A. Logan.

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

What stands out about Logan’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 are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Logan’s homes were built before 1963.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Logan’s history is told.

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The story

How Logan came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Logan.

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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.

Timeline

Logan, 1872 to 1883

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1872Post officeThe Deeversville post office opens
  3. 1872Post officeThe Logan post office opens
  4. 1873Post officeThe Deeversville post office closes
  5. 1883Born hereDane Hansen is born here
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Logan’s post office has been open since 1872. Another post office, Deeversville, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Deeversville
1872–1873
Logan
1872–today
18701950today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). 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.

Logan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTowanda TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Logan’s history

What year was Logan founded?

The Logan 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, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.