Logan (New Mexico)
| Logan | |||
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| Nickname : "Best Little Village by a Dam Site" | |||
 Ute dam with flood drainage |
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| Location in New Mexico | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | New Mexico | ||
| County : | Quay County | ||
| Coordinates : | 35 ° 22 ′ N , 103 ° 27 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1.008 (as of 2012) | ||
| Population density : | 46.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 21.8 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 1164 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 88426 | ||
| Area code : | +1 575 | ||
| FIPS : | 35-42040 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0898366 | ||
| Website : | www.utelake.com | ||
Logan is a municipality in Quay County in the US state of New Mexico .
geography
Logan is located on the east bank of Ute Lake , 300 kilometers east of Albuquerque and 150 kilometers west of the Texas city of Amarillo . The place is traversed by the Canadian River and touched by US Highway 54 in the east .
history
The first house on what is now Logan was built in 1901 when the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad built a railroad bridge over the Canadian River. The place was named after the former marshal Eugene Logan from Texas, who was also instrumental in building the bridge. In 1963 and 1964, the Ute Dam was built, which dammed the water of the Canadian River to Ute Lake and which is also provided with a flood relief . Because of its geographical location, Logan is sometimes referred to as the Best Little Village by a Dam Site , loosely translated as "The most beautiful small town on a dam".
On March 23, 2007, the town was hit by a tornado that caused considerable damage to a large number of mobile homes and trailers , but did not claim any human lives.
Demographics
In 2012 a population of 1008 people was determined, which means a decrease of 7.9% compared to the year 2000. The average age of the residents in 2012 was 53.9 years, well above the average for New Mexico, which was 45.5 years.
The main groups of immigrants during the early days of the city came from Germany (11.2%), Ireland ( 10.3%) and England ( 8.4%) .
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Postal Service - ZIP Codes
- ^ History I.
- ^ History II
- ↑ Ute Dam
- ↑ Tornado ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ city-data Logan
Web links
- utelake - homepage