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| Name | Logan |
| Alt names | Logan | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 37.833°N 81.933°W |
| Located in | West Virginia, United States (1863 - ) |
| Also located in | Virginia, United States (1824 - 1863) |
| See also | Boone, West Virginia, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Cabell, West Virginia, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Fayette, West Virginia, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Kanawha, West Virginia, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Lincoln, West Virginia, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Mingo, West Virginia, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Wyoming, West Virginia, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Logan County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 36,743. [1] Its county seat is Logan.
Logan County was formed in 1824 from parts of Giles, Tazewell, Cabell, and Kanawha counties. It is named for Chief Logan, famous Native American chief of the Mingo tribe. In 1921 it was the location of the Battle of Blair Mountain, one of the largest armed uprisings in U.S. history.
More recently, the Buffalo Creek Flood of February 26, 1972, killed 125 people when a coal slurry dam burst under the pressure of heavy rains, releasing over of waste and water in a wave onto the valley below. The communities of Lorado and Lundale were destroyed and 14 other communities heavily damaged, including Saunders, Amherstdale, Crites, and Latrobe.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1824 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1824 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1824 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1830 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1863 | Effective date for move from Virginia to West Virginia | Source:Wikipedia
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| 1872 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1872 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1873 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1900 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1830 | 3,680
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| 1840 | 4,309
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| 1850 | 3,620
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| 1860 | 4,938
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| 1870 | 5,124
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| 1880 | 7,329
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| 1890 | 11,101
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| 1900 | 6,955
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| 1910 | 14,476
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| 1920 | 41,006
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| 1930 | 58,534
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| 1940 | 67,768
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| 1950 | 77,391
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| 1960 | 61,570
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| 1970 | 46,269
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| 1980 | 50,679
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| 1990 | 43,032
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