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History · Logan Township

Half of Logan Township’s homes were built after 1987

Most of Logan Township was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987. Below: maps from 1931 on.

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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.
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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 civil township of Mason County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 329 at the 2020 census. Logan Township was named in honor of John A. Logan, a candidate in the 1884 United States presidential election.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 312 to 329 (+5%).

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

Timeline

Logan Township, 1901 to 1931

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1901Post officeThe Carrs post office opens
  3. 1907Post officeThe Carrs post office closes
  4. 1931On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

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On the map

Logan Township on the map, 1931 to 1987

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 1931 USGS mapLogan Township on the 1959 USGS mapLogan Township on the 1987 USGS map1931Custer SE sheet · 1:31,680

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.

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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Bull WagnerAmerican baseball player · b. 1887
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Jim LitesAmerican sports executive · b. 1954
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D. Stanley CoorsAmerican bishop · b. 1889
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Jeff DongvilloAmerican politician · b. 1953
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LeRoy HemingerAmerican football coach and college athletics a… · b. 1914
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Walter M. FrenchAssociate Justice of the Washington Supreme Cou… · b. 1874
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Carrs, opened and closed inside today’s town.

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Carrs Post Officepost office
1cemetery 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).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Colfax TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBranch TownshipIts storyC−Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEden 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.