Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Logan Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
History · Logan Township

Logan Township’s post office opened in 1877, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1972 on.

1877first post office
0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
Add an old photoShare a memory
Quick answers

How Logan Township began

When was Logan Township founded?

1877

The Logan Township post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Logan (1877), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 281149 years
Founding year: the first Logan Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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.
★ What stands out · Help out

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
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
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.

Its first post office opened in 1877. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 273 to 281 (+3%).

Timeline

Logan Township, 1877 to 1972

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1877Post officeThe Logan post office opens
  3. 1883Post officeThe Logan post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1972On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

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.

Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your album
On the map

Logan Township on the map, 1972 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 1972 USGS mapLogan Township on the 1985 USGS map1972Dell Rapids SE 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.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

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

1cemetery inside Logan Township
Logan Reformed

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.

Dell Rapids Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEdison TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHighland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBlinsmon Township1 historic placenot 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 1877, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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

Town Square →
Start a conversation
Sources

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.