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33% of Logan Township’s homes were built before 1940

More historic than 87% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Its Register listing is the Fort Amanda Site. Below: maps from 1911 on.

1on the National Register
33%homes built before 1940
Photo: User:Nyttend · Public domain
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About Logan Township’s history

How historic is Logan Township?

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More historic than 87% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

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History grade

What drives Logan Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Logan Township is more historic than 87% of U.S. towns. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Logan Township’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 87%
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Ohio towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Ohio town has 2.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Logan Township’s 7.9 sits above most of its state (71% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±8.3 points).

Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

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.

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Start Logan Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Logan Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
On the map

Logan Township on the map, 1911 to 1971

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 1911 USGS mapLogan Township on the 1944 USGS mapLogan Township on the 1960 USGS mapLogan Township on the 1971 USGS map1911Spencerville sheet · 1:62,500

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.

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 the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,158 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,113 to 1,158 (+4%).

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

By decade

Logan Township, decade by decade

On the National Register

1 historic place in Logan Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1970
Fort Amanda Site
All 1 listings

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

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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Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Elm Tree SchoolschoolFort AmandamilitaryFox SchoolschoolGermany SchoolschoolJericho SchoolschoolNew Light ChurchchurchPlace SchoolschoolSchool Number 1schoolSchool Number 4schoolSchool Number 7schoolSchool Number 8schoolSchool Number 8schoolSchool Number 9schoolSchool Number 9schoolShadyside SchoolschoolSodam SchoolschoolZion Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Logan Township
BucklandFort AmandaJacob BakerZion

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.

Questions about Logan Township’s history

How does Logan Township rank for history?

Logan Township is more historic than 87% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

What is on the National Register in Logan Township?

One place: the Fort Amanda Site (listed 1970).

How old are the homes in Logan Township?

33% of Logan Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.3 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1965.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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).

From Wikimedia Commons (4), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.