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History · Logan Township

38% of Logan Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1966 on.

0on the National Register
38%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.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Logan Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Logan Township’s homes were built before 1952.
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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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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Blackbird
1871–1872
Basford
1895–1901
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Basford
Gone or out of use
Basford Post Officepost office

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 one of twelve townships in Burt County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 242 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 244.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 187 to 212 (+13%).

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

Timeline

Logan Township, 1871 to 1966

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1871Post officeThe Blackbird post office opens
  3. 1872Post officeThe Blackbird post office closes
  4. 1895Post officeThe Basford post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1901Post officeThe Basford post office closes
  7. 1966On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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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On the map

Logan Township on the map, 1966 to 1986

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 1966 USGS mapLogan Township on the 1986 USGS map1966Lyons sheet · 1:24,000

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.

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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Hoot GibsonAmerican actor · b. 1892
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Rodney A. GrantAmerican actor · b. 1959
Duke EriksonAmerican musician, singer, songwriter, screenwr… · b. 1951
John J. WhitacreAmerican politician · b. 1860
Howard MitchellAmerican conductor · b. 1911
Don StenbergAmerican lawyer and politician · b. 1948
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Everett TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDawes TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBell Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAnderson 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.