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Loganville is a village in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 301 at the 2020 census. The village was named for Chauncey P. Logan, who built the first house in 1853.
Its first post office opened in 1855. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 300 in 2010, 301 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
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What they wrote about Loganville, 1880–1918
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A standard history of Sauk County, Wisconsin1918 · page 793Read the page →
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Stephen N. Kinsley, who is now living a retired life at Reedsburg in his eightieth year, was one of the founders of Loganville, as will appear by reference to the sketch of that place in the general history. He comes of combined Vermont and New York stock, and when twentytwo years of age migrated from the Empire State to Racine County, Wisconsin, and then, in 1854, to the site of the Village of Loganville near Narrows Creek, this county. He had only been preceded to that locality by Chauncey P. Logan and R. B. Balcom. Mr. Kinsley had taken
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The history of Sauk County, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, growth, development and resources ... biographical sketches ..1880 · page 621Read the page →
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A good water power is found at the village of Loganville, where Mr. Frank Dorn has a grist-mill in operation. Iron ore has been found in the town in quantities that promise to pay for working. Work has been commenced with a view to develop the mines.
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A standard history of Sauk County, Wisconsin1918 · page 98Read the page →
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hop growers had to pay $1 a head preminms for pickers and transportation from Milwaukee, Janesville and Monroe, as well as intermediate towns. We did not pay any bounties and got many of our pickers in the Village of Loganville, Reedsburg and Sauk City. In 1868 we paid $154 for tying hops. They usually had to be tied three times; first, from the ground; next, from a step ladder, and last from a horse's back. The food for the help was much the same at all meals, such as you would expect at any picnic dinner of the present day. We paid $1
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A standard history of Sauk County, Wisconsin1918 · page 523Read the page →
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services of the village in Mr. Logan's log cabin, the Baptists and Presbyterians organized churches within the next five years, and in 1861 Messrs. Palmer and D. J. Mackay added a gristmill to the other useful institutions of Loganville. In the meantime the German Lutherans had organized churches several miles southeast of the village, and the societies were afterward induced to move their headquarters to Loganville.
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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 →
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