Place:Logan, West Virginia, United States

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Place Information
Name
Logan
Alternate names
Logan     (Getty Vocabulary Program)
Type
County
Coordinates
37.833°N 81.933°W
Located in
West Virginia, United States     (1824 - )
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))
Contained Places

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Holden
Mallory
Switzer
Inhabited place
Accoville
Amherstdale
Amherstdale-Robinette
Aracoma
Argyle
Baber
Banco
Bandmill Junction
Barnabus
Beebe
Big Creek
Black Bottom
Blair
Bradshaw
Bruno
Chambers
Chapmanville
Chauncey
Christian
Claypool
Coal Valley
Combs Addition
Cora
Crites
Crooked Creek
Crown
Crystal Block
Dabney
Daisy
Davin
Davis
Dehue
Diamond
Dobra
Dog Patch
Earling
Emmett
Ethel
Fanco
Five Block
Fort Branch
Freeze Fork
Frogtown
Gillman Bottom
Godby Heights
Greenville
Guyan Terrace
Hedgeview
Henlawson
Hensley Heights
Hetzel
Huff Junction
Isom
Justice Addition
Kelly
Kistler
Kitchen
Lake
Landville
Latrobe
Lintz Addition
Logan Heights
Logan
Lorado
Lundale
Lyburn
Man
McConnell
Mellville
Mifflin
Mineral City
Mitchell Heights
Monaville
Monclo
Monitor
Mount Gay
Mount Gay-Shamrock
Neibert
North Mitchell Heights
Omar
Orville
Pardee
Peach Creek
Pecks Mill
Phico
Pine Creek
Red Campbell
Ridgeview
Rita
Robinette
Rossmore
Sarah Ann
Saunders
Shamrock
Sharples
Shively
Slagle
Sodom
Sovereign
Spruce Valley
Stirrat
Stollings
Stone Branch
Stowe
Sulphur Springs
Sunbeam
Sunset Court
Superior Bottom
Sycamore
Taplin
Thompson Town
Trace Junction
Troy Town
Upper Whitman
Verdunville
Wanda
West Logan
Whites Additon
Whitman
Wilkinson
Wylo
Yolyn
Unknown
Elk Creek
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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 2000, the population was 37,710. Its county seat is Logan6.

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.

Timeline

Date Event Source
1824 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1824 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1824 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1830 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1872 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1872 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1873 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1900 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990

Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1830 3,680
1840 4,309
1850 3,620
1860 4,938
1870 5,124
1880 7,329
1890 11,101
1900 6,955
1910 14,476
1920 41,006
1930 58,534
1940 67,768
1950 77,391
1960 61,570
1970 46,269
1980 50,679
1990 43,032

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