- Name
- Logan
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- Alternate names
- Logan (Getty Vocabulary Program)
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- Type
- County
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- Coordinates
- 37.833°N 81.933°W
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- Located in
- West Virginia, United States (1824 - )
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- 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))
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| Contained Places
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- Census-designated place
- Holden
- Mallory
- Switzer
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- 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
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- 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
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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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| 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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