Logan (Ohio)
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Location in Ohio
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| Foundation : | 1816 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Ohio | ||
| County : | Hocking County | ||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 32 ′ N , 82 ° 24 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 7,152 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 576.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 12.8 km 2 (about 5 mi 2 ) of which 12.4 km 2 (about 5 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 226 m | ||
| Postal code : | 43138 | ||
| Area code : | +1 740 | ||
| FIPS : | 39-44632 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1042716 | ||
| Website : | www.loganohio.net | ||
| Mayor : | Martin Irvine | ||
Logan is a town on the Hocking River in County Hocking in the southern US state of Ohio , about 50 km southeast of Columbus . Logan has approximately 7,000 residents as of the 2010 census and is the administrative seat of County Hocking.
Logan is home to a number of listed buildings that have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). These include Logan's City Hall and Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church .
history
Logan was founded in 1816 on the initiative of former Ohio Governor Thomas Worthington . Worthington had bought the land near the Hocking Falls waterfall for $ 1,000 and built two mills . In 1818 Logan became the seat of County Hocking. As a result, the place developed mainly through the construction of traffic routes and the exploitation of raw material deposits. In 1840 the Hocking Canal reached the place that connected Logan with Athens , Lancaster and the Ohio-Erie Canal . In 1869 the Hocking Valley Railway reached the place. Coal was mined in the Hocking Valley in the 19th century , but mining came to a standstill around Logan after the New Straitsville coal seam fell victim to a coal fire . Natural gas was discovered at the end of the 19th century, but the deposits were exhausted after a few years. The city took off again in 1907 when the Hocking Valley Railway repair shop opened there. After the factory closed in 1930, the city went downhill again, compounded by the effects of the Great Depression .
Personalities
- Curtis Scaparrotti (* 1956), General in the US Army and 18th Supreme Allied Commander Europe , born in Logan.
- Katie Smith (* 1974), professional basketball player, grew up in Logan.
Individual evidence
- ^ OHIO - Hocking County on the National Register of Historic Places: Logan City Hall (added to the NRHP list in 1980, # 80003101) and Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church (added to the NRHP list in 1997, # 97000200)
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (ed.): The Ohio Guide . Oxford University Press, New York 1940, pp. 550-551. (Writers Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Ohio, sponsored by the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society.)